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Moby-Dick: The Whale

Author
Herman Melville
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
21 hours 15 minutes
ISBN
9781802560916
Published
14 October 2024
Imprint
Urban Romantics
  • Obsession
  • revenge
  • whaling
  • sea adventure
  • Captain Ahab
  • Moby Dick
  • fate
  • nature
  • epic
  • human struggle

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Venture into the vast, unforgiving sea with "Moby-Dick: The Whale" by Herman Melville, a monumental tale of obsession and revenge. Ishmael, a sailor seeking adventure, joins the whaling ship Pequod, captained by the enigmatic Ahab. Consumed by his vendetta against the elusive white whale, Moby Dick, Ahab's perilous quest pushes the crew to the edge. Melville's masterful exploration of humanity, nature, and the relentless pursuit of fate weaves an epic, thought-provoking narrative.

Author

Herman Melville (1819–1891) wrote the American epic that almost nobody wanted until it was too late. Moby-Dick began as a whale hunt and became scripture, encyclopaedia, sermon, and storm — a novel that thinks in every direction at once. Melville had been to sea as a young man; Typee made him briefly famous for Polynesian adventure, then the public cooled as his books grew stranger and more metaphysical. He died in relative obscurity.

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