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Moby Dick
Herman Melville · 1851 · 635 pages
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Captain Ahab's obsessive pursuit of Moby Dick, the white whale that maimed him years before, forms the core of this sea epic, which is also a meditation on destiny, human ambition, and the limits of knowledge. Through the eyes of the sailor Ishmael, we are taken into the deep seas of the 19th century, where whale hunting becomes a metaphor for man's great inner battles against nature and against himself.
A novel of adventure, philosophy, and drama, Moby Dick remains one of the unavoidable masterpieces of world literature.
Book details
| Author | Herman Melville |
|---|---|
| Year of publication | 1851 |
| Pages | 635 |
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