Moby Dick; Or, The Whale

Moby Dick; Or, The Whale

Herman Melville

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Jamil Jambo
Año de edición:
2026
ISBN:
9781636527246

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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville is a landmark of American literature that follows the obsessive pursuit of a great white whale by Captain Ahab and the crew of the whaling ship Pequod. Narrated by Ishmael, a young sailor who joins the voyage, the novel takes readers across the vast oceans on an expedition that becomes a struggle between human ambition and the mysterious forces of nature.Blending adventure, philosophy, symbolism, and detailed accounts of nineteenth-century whaling, Melville explores themes of obsession, revenge, fate, knowledge, and humanity’s place in the natural world. Both a thrilling sea story and a profound meditation on existence, Moby-Dick remains one of the most influential and enduring novels in American literary history.

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