Moby Dick
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Moby Dick

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Moby Dick

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A sailor called Ishmael narrates the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale which on a previous voyage destroyed Ahab's ship and severed his leg at the knee. Although the novel was a commercial failure and out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891, its reputation as a Great American Novel grew during the 20th century. William Faulkner confessed he wished he had written it himself, and D. H. Lawrence called it "one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world", and "the greatest book of the sea ever written."Moby Dick is considered as an outstanding work of Romanticism. The product of a year and a half of writing, the book draws on Melville's experience at sea, on his reading in whaling literature, and on literary inspirations such as Shakespeare and the Bible. The detailed and realistic descriptions of whale hunting and of extracting whale oil, as well as life aboard ship among a culturally diverse crew, are mixed with exploration of class and social status, good and evil, and the existence of God. In addition to narrative prose, Melville uses styles and literary devices ranging from songs, poetry and catalogs to Shakespearean stage directions, soliloquies and asides.

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Publisher
Engage Classics
Year
2020
ISBN
9781774374412
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Classics
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Etymology
  5. Extracts
  6. 1 Loomings
  7. 2 The Carpet-Bag
  8. 3 The Spouter-Inn
  9. 4 The Counterpane
  10. 5 Breakfast
  11. 6 The Street
  12. 7 The Chapel
  13. 8 The Pulpit
  14. 9 The Sermon
  15. 10 A Bosom Friend
  16. 11 Nightgown
  17. 12 Biographical
  18. 13 Wheelbarrow
  19. 14 Nantucket
  20. 15 Chowder
  21. 16 The Ship
  22. 17 The Ramadan
  23. 18 His Mark
  24. 19 The Prophet
  25. 20 All Astir
  26. 21 Going Aboard
  27. 22 Merry Christmas
  28. 23 The Lee Shore
  29. 24 The Advocate
  30. 25 Postscript
  31. 26 Knights and Squires
  32. 27 Knights and Squires
  33. 28 Ahab
  34. 29 Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb
  35. 30 The Pipe
  36. 31 Queen Mab
  37. 32 Cetology
  38. 33 The Specksnyder
  39. 34 The Cabin-Table
  40. 35 The Mast-Head
  41. 36 The Quarter-Deck
  42. 37 Sunset
  43. 38 Dusk
  44. 39 First Night Watch
  45. 40 Midnight, Forecastle
  46. 41 Moby Dick
  47. 42 Whiteness of The Whale
  48. 43 Hark!
  49. 44 The Chart
  50. 45 The Affidavit
  51. 46 Surmises
  52. 47 The Mat-Maker
  53. 48 The First Lowering
  54. 49 The Hyena
  55. 50 Ahab’s Boat and Crew
  56. 51 The Spirit-Spout
  57. 52 The Albatross
  58. 53 The Gam
  59. 54 The Town-Ho’s Story
  60. 55 Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales
  61. 56 Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True Pictures of Whaling Scenes
  62. 57 Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Stars
  63. 58 Brit
  64. 59 Squid
  65. 60 The Line
  66. 61 Stubb Kills a Whale
  67. 62 The Dart
  68. 63 The Crotch
  69. 64 Stubb’s Supper
  70. 65 The Whale as a Dish
  71. 66 The Shark Massacre
  72. 67 Cutting In
  73. 68 The Blanket
  74. 69 The Funeral
  75. 70 The Sphynx
  76. 71 The Jeroboam’s Story
  77. 72 The Monkey-Rope
  78. 73 Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale;
  79. 74 The Sperm Whale’s Head
  80. 75 The Right Whale’s Head
  81. 76 The Battering-Ram
  82. 77 The Great Heidelburgh Tun
  83. 78 Cistern and Buckets
  84. 79 The Prairie
  85. 80 The Nut
  86. 81 The Pequod Meets the Virgin
  87. 82 The Honour and Glory of Whaling
  88. 83 Jonah Historically Regarded
  89. 84 Pitchpoling
  90. 85 The Fountain
  91. 86 The Tail
  92. 87 The Grand Armada
  93. 88 Schools and Schoolmasters
  94. 89 Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish
  95. 90 Heads or Tails
  96. 91 The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud
  97. 92 Ambergris
  98. 93 The Castaway
  99. 94 A Squeeze of the Hand
  100. 95 The Cassock
  101. 96 The Try-Works
  102. 97 The Lamp
  103. 98 Stowing Down and Clearing Up
  104. 99 The Doubloon
  105. 100 Leg and Arm
  106. 101 The Decanter
  107. 102 A Bower in the Arsacides
  108. 103 Measurement of The Whale’s Skeleton
  109. 104 The Fossil Whale
  110. 105 Does the Whale’s Magnitude Diminish?–Will He Perish?
  111. 106 Ahab’s Leg
  112. 107 The Carpenter
  113. 108 Ahab and the Carpenter
  114. 109 Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin
  115. 110 Queequeg in His Coffin
  116. 111 The Pacific
  117. 112 The Blacksmith
  118. 113 The Forge
  119. 114 The Gilder
  120. 115 The Pequod Meets The Bachelor
  121. 116 The Dying Whale
  122. 117 The Whale Watch
  123. 118 The Quadrant
  124. 119 The Candles
  125. 120 The Deck Towards the End of the First Night Watch
  126. 121 Midnight
  127. 122 Midnight Aloft
  128. 123 The Musket
  129. 124 The Needle
  130. 125 The Log and Line
  131. 126 The Life-Buoy
  132. 127 The Deck
  133. 128 The Pequod Meets The Rachel
  134. 129 The Cabin
  135. 130 The Hat
  136. 131 The Pequod Meets the Delight
  137. 132 The Symphony
  138. 133 The Chase – First Day
  139. 134 The Chase – Second Day
  140. 135 The Chase – Third Day
  141. Epilogue
  142. Notes