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Moby-Dick

by Herman Melville
William Hootkins
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Moby-Dick is one of the great epics in all of literature. Captain Ahab's hunt for the white whale drives the narrative at a relentless pace, while Ishmael's meditations on whales and whaling, on the sublime indifference of nature, and on the grimy physical details of the extraction of oil provide a reflective counterpoint to the headlong idolatrous quest. Sometimes read as a terrifying study of monomania or as a critical inquiry into the effects of reducing life to symbols, Moby-Dick also offers colorful and often comic glimpses of life aboard a whaling ship.
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Series: Penguin Audio Classics Publisher: Books on Tape Edition: Abridged

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  • ISBN: 9781101929254
  • File size: 173972 KB
  • Release date: June 16, 2005
  • Duration: 06:02:26

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  • ISBN: 9781101929254
  • File size: 173996 KB
  • Release date: June 16, 2005
  • Duration: 06:06:27
  • Number of parts: 6
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Classic Literature Fantasy Fiction Literature

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:420
Text Difficulty:1-2

Moby-Dick is one of the great epics in all of literature. Captain Ahab's hunt for the white whale drives the narrative at a relentless pace, while Ishmael's meditations on whales and whaling, on the sublime indifference of nature, and on the grimy physical details of the extraction of oil provide a reflective counterpoint to the headlong idolatrous quest. Sometimes read as a terrifying study of monomania or as a critical inquiry into the effects of reducing life to symbols, Moby-Dick also offers colorful and often comic glimpses of life aboard a whaling ship.
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Classic Literature Fantasy Fiction Literature
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