Moby Dick is the most dangerous whale in the oceans. Captain Ahab fought him and lost a leg. Now he hates Moby Dick. He wants to kill him. But can Captain Ahab and his men find the great white whale? A young sailor, Ishmael, tells the story of their exciting and dangerous trip.

Moby Dick

Widely considered one of the great American novels, Herman Melville’s masterpiece went largely unread during his lifetime and was out of print at the time of his death in 1891. Called the greatest book about the sea ever written by D.H. Lawrence, Moby Dick features detailed descriptions of whale hunting and whale oil extraction as well as beautiful, incisive writing on race, class, religion, art, and society. The story, loosely based on a real whaling shipwreck, features the unforgettable, vengeful Captain Ahab, who obsessively hunts a great white whale who bit his leg off below the knee.

THERE are some strange summer mornings in the country, when he who is but a sojourner from the city shall early walk forth into the fields, and be wonder-smitten with the trance-like aspect of the green and golden world. Not a flower stirs; the trees forget to wave; the grass itself seems to have ceased to grow; and all Nature, as if suddenly become conscious of her own profound mystery, and feeling no refuge from it but silence, sinks into this wonderful and indescribable repose.

The Ambiguities

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Répondant à l'appel du large, le jeune Ismaël embarque sur un navire baleinier commandé par un étrange officier. Le capitaine Achab a eu la jambe arrachée lors d'une précédente saison de chasse. Hanté par le désir de vengeance, il va entraîner tout l'équipage à la poursuite de Moby Dick, le gigantesque et féroce cachalot blanc responsable de son infirmité.

Moby Dick - Ou le Cachalot

The ten "sketches" comprising The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles are based largely on author Herman Melville's experience in the Galápagos Islands, combined with the recorded history of the islands, local folklore, and sailors' stories. The earlier sketches present a daunting description of the islands and their fauna. Belying their tropical location, there is nothing of paradise in these volcanic remnants-home to large numbers of lizards, snakes, and giant spiders-and the Galápagos Islands are isolated, desolate, and uninhabitable. However, they are not without their idiosyncratic charm for Melville, and the later sketches tell the stories of some of those inhabitants-buccaneers, the "dog-king" of Charles's Island, the "Chola widow, " and Oberlus, the hermit. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

The Encantadas Or Enchanted Isles - Short Story

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville.

The book is sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the white whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit off Ahab's leg at the knee.

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Moby Dick - or, the Whale.

Moby Dick / Pierre ou les ambiguités

«Bartleby the Scrivener est l'histoire d'un homme qui préfère ne plus jouer au jeu des hommes, ou, comme on dirait aujourd'hui, qui préfère ne plus jouer le jeu des hommes. Il exprime cette préférence par un conditionnel poli, I would prefer not to, mais elle est à ce point radicale qu'il se refuse à toute explication.»  Daniel Pennac.

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