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Series
Lexile measure
1200L
Language
English
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Description
The story of the ill-fated voyage of a whaling ship led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in search of the white whale that had crippled him.
AA masterpiece of storytelling, this epic saga pits Ahab, a brooding and fanatical sea captain, against the great white whale that crippled him. In telling the tale of Ahab's passion for revenge and the fateful voyage that ensued, Melville produced far more than the narrative of a hair-raising journey; Moby-Dick...
Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
First Perennial edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 668 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A companion to Herman Melville's "Moby Dick," in which Una Spenser tells the story of her life, and discusses her loving marriage to Captain Ahab before the white whale took his leg and drove him into madness.
4) Moby Dick
Language
English
Description
Ishmael sees his dream of a whaling voyage come true when he joins the crew of the Pequod, a sailing vessel leaving port in Nantucket. Unbeknownst to Ishmael and the mates, the Pequod's monomaniacal Captain Ahab is taking them all on a mad and personal mission to slay the great whale Moby Dick, an obsession that will open their eyes to the wonder and spectacle of man, of beast, and the inescapable nature of both.
5) Redburn, his first voyage ; White-jacket, or, The world in a man-of-war ; Moby-Dick, or, The whale
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1983]
Physical Desc
1,437 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Redburn is the story that relates a young man's initiation into the sailors life; White-Jacket is the story that is a semi-autobiographical account of experiences in the U.S. Navy; Moby-Dick, or the whale is the most famous of Melville's works, and tells the story of Ahab, a ship captain that has become obsessed with the hunt for the whale he has named Moby-Dick.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Kid Classics Moby Dick: The Illustrated Just-for-Kids Edition; First edition.
Physical Desc
143 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Now the classic novel by Herman Melville is an illustrated storybook perfect for kids! Kid Classics: Moby Dick is full of adventure and excitement! Herman Melville was a sailor before he was a famous author, and he pulled from his seafaring experience when he wrote Moby Dick; Or, the Whale in 1851. Now, here is the fun new just-for-kids version of Herman Melville's classic Moby Dick, abridged and retold while remaining true to Melville's original...
8) Moby Dick
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Lexile measure
1200L
Physical Desc
ix, 181 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A classic of the sea, telling of the pursuit of Moby Dick, the white whale, who defied capture.
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