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Bookmark or Share- The True-Life Horror That Inspired ‘Moby-Dick’ - Smithsonian MagazineThe True-Life Horror That Inspired ‘Moby-Dick’. The whaler Essex was indeed sunk by a whale—and that’s only the beginning. Gilbert King. March 1, 2013. An illustration of Moby Dick...
- Moby Dick | Summary, Characters, Author, Importance, & FactsMoby Dick, novel by Herman Melville, published in London in October 1851 as The Whale and a month later in New York City as Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. It is dedicated to Nathaniel Hawthorne. Moby Dick is generally regarded as Melville’s magnum opus and one of the greatest American novels.
- Moby-Dick: Chapter 1. - SparkNotesChapter 1. Loomings. Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation.
- Moby-Dick: Full Book Analysis - SparkNotesWhile Moby-Dick may tell the tale of a hunt for the elusive White Whale, Melville’s most famous work lives up to its reputation as a classic piece of American literature for the ways in which he uses its central plot as a vehicle for exploring the racial, political, and gender dynamics of his era.
- Moby-Dick - WikipediaMoby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship's previous voyage.
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