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The itinerant sailor Ishmael begins a voyage on the whaling ship Pequod whose captain, Ahab, wishes to exact revenge upon the whale Moby-Dick, who destroyed his last ship and took his leg. As they search for the savage white whale, Ishmael questions all aspects of life. The story is woven in complex, lyrical language and uses many theatrical forms, such as stage direction and soliloquy. It is considered the exemplar of American Romanticism, and one of the greatest American novels of all time.
knownever: A more enjoyable, shorter, and less allegorical story of sailing life, although there aren't any whales. The author of this one kind of looks down on whalers. All together a more jaunty sea tale.
GaryPatella: Compared to Moby Dick, The Confidence Man is a much lighter read. But after ploughing through Moby Dick, this may be a welcome change. It is not as profound, but you also don't have to struggle through any of it. This is worth reading.
tootstorm: Melville's heir struggles to close his relationship to his preceding literary genius. Click the link above, read what you can, and get yourself hooked on one of the most critically-adored yet criminally-underread novels written in a century defined by self-analysis and experimentation.… (més)
WilfGehlen: Camus was greatly influenced by Melville and in The Myth of Sisyphus mentions Moby-Dick as a truly absurd work. Reading Moby-Dick with Camus' absurd in mind gives a deeper, and very different insight than provided by the usual emphasis on Ahab's quest for revenge.… (més)
Oct326: "Qohelet" e "Moby Dick" sono due grandi libri, molto diversi ma con un tema in comune: l'inconsistenza, l'insignificanza e l'inutilità dell'agire umano al cospetto della natura e dell'universo.
L'he llegit perquè és un clàssic i volia tenir la meva pròpia opinió,però se m'ha fet feixuc i no he gaudit de l'experiència.Terminologia específica de navegació i marineria. Tractat científic sobre Cetacis, això el fa un pèl pesat, tot i que és curiós perquè és un animal molt allunyat de la nostra cultura. El vaixell Pequod és tot un univers navegant pels oceans, en ell hi trobem un exemple dels diferents personatges que hi viatgen,cadascun amb la seva vida i els seus problemes conformen la societat del vaixell balener, allunyat de tot arreu i de tothom. Les relacions entre els navegants són molt estratificades. Els personatges estan ben descrits, moments interessants quan ens explica la relació entre el narrador Ismael i el company Queequeck. L'obsessió del capità Ahab per perseguir la balena és coneguda de tothom, però curiosament ocupa un espai ben reduït dins les sis-centes planes de la novel.la i Moby Dick no apareix fins la plana 575. El final és com calia esperar, de tota la tripulació només en resta un supervivent, ell serà qui ens expliqui com una idea obssessiva pot acabar amb un desastre total. ( )
Una gran obra, plena de soliloquis esglaiadors i alègories precioses. A cops un pèl pesat quan toca capítol divulgatiu del món balener. La traducció és increible i plena de paraules oblidades; urc, manefla, amollar, maldar, acarmullar... ( )
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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.
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I’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
...so at nightfall, the Nantucketer, out of sight of land, furls his sails, and lays him to his rest, while under his very pillow rush herds of walruses and whales.
...Heaven have mercy on us all—Presbyterians and Pagans alike—for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.
‘Whale-balls for breakfast—don’t forget.’ (Stubb, second mate)
And with what quill did the Secretary of the Society for the Suppression of Cruelty to Ganders formally indite his circulars? It is only within the last month or two that that society passed a resolution to patronize nothing but steel pens.
The urbane activity with which a man receives money’s really marvelous, considering that we do earnestly believe money to be the root of all earthly ills, and that on no account can a moneyed man enter heaven.
But soon I found that there came such a draught of cold aur over me from under the sill of the window, that this plan would never do at all, especially as another current from the rickety door met the one from the window, andboth together formed a series of small whirlwinds in the immediate vicinity of the spot where I had thought to spend the night.
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The second day, a sail drew near, nearer, and picked me up at last. It was the wandering Rachel, still looking for her missing children. But she found only me, Ishmael, another orphan.
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Please do not combine adaptations or abridged editions of Moby Dick with unabridged versions. Versions aimed at children are normally abridged editions and should not be combined here. Also, books ABOUT Moby Dick (such as study guides) should not be combined with the unabridged nor the abridged novel. Please keep such books as an independent work.
The ISBN 9025463312 is shared with a different work.
The Penguin Classics 150th Anniversary Ed (ISBN 0142000086) is not abridged, although that word has appeared in some user's data.
Norton Critical editions, Longman Critical editions and other scholarly editions should not be combined with the unabridged novel. The scholarly-type editions contain much additional material so they should be considered as separate works.
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The itinerant sailor Ishmael begins a voyage on the whaling ship Pequod whose captain, Ahab, wishes to exact revenge upon the whale Moby-Dick, who destroyed his last ship and took his leg. As they search for the savage white whale, Ishmael questions all aspects of life. The story is woven in complex, lyrical language and uses many theatrical forms, such as stage direction and soliloquy. It is considered the exemplar of American Romanticism, and one of the greatest American novels of all time.
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personatges estan ben descrits, moments interessants quan ens explica la relació entre el narrador Ismael i el company Queequeck. L'obsessió del capità Ahab per perseguir la balena és coneguda de tothom, però curiosament ocupa un espai ben reduït dins les sis-centes planes de la novel.la i Moby Dick no apareix fins la plana 575. El final és com calia esperar, de tota la tripulació només en resta un supervivent, ell serà qui ens expliqui com una idea obssessiva pot acabar amb un desastre total. (