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Author: Herman Melville
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Publisher: Penguin Books
Release year: 1992
Series: Penguin Classics
ISBN: 0140390847
Binding: soft cover
Page number: 660
Quality: very good
Format: 195*130 mm
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Herman Melville – Moby-Dick or the Whale
„Moby-Dick” is more than just a story about fishing; it is a monumental exploration of the human soul and its battle against the indifferent forces of nature. The story is narrated by Ishmael, a wandering sailor who seeks the freedom of the ocean and signs up aboard the whaling ship Pequod.
He soon discovers that this is no ordinary voyage. The ship is commanded by the terrifying and charismatic Captain Ahab, a man consumed by a single, monomaniacal purpose: to hunt down and kill Moby Dick, the legendary white sperm whale that bit off his leg. As the Pequod sails across the globe, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the journey becomes a descent into madness. Melville combines realistic details of the whaling industry with profound philosophical meditations on God, fate, and evil. It is a story of vengeance that drives a crew toward an inevitable and apocalyptic confrontation with the most fearsome creature of the deep.
Captain Ahab: The tragic anti-hero. A complex figure of immense power and madness, willing to sacrifice his ship and crew for revenge.
Ishmael: The narrator and survivor. An observer who offers a window into this strange world, bonding with the crew while maintaining a philosophical distance.
Moby Dick: The White Whale. A symbol of nature’s sublime power, ungraspable and unconquerable.
Queequeg: The tattooed harpooneer and Ishmael’s noble friend, representing humanity’s primal grace.
Starbuck: The first mate, the voice of reason and morality who tries in vain to turn Ahab from his dark path.
Herman Melville (1819–1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Born in New York City, he spent his youth as a common sailor on merchant and whaling ships, experiences that provided the authentic foundation for his fiction. Although Moby-Dick (1851) was a commercial failure during his lifetime, it was rediscovered in the 20th century and is now universally regarded as one of the greatest novels ever written.
Why read this book? It is a literary rite of passage. No other book captures the terror and beauty of the ocean quite like this. It is challenging, rewarding, and undeniably powerful.
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