Moby Dick
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3.7 • 133 Ratings
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Publisher Description
An Apple Books Classic edition.
Herman Melville’s classic begins with one of the most famous opening lines in world literature: “Call me Ishmael.” Moby Dick was a commercial failure when it was first published in 1851, but during the 20th century, the book’s reputation grew and grew.
The novel features a memorable cast of characters, in particular the ivory-legged Captain Ahab, who lost a limb to the gargantuan white whale named Moby Dick. Now, Ahab’s sole obsession is hunting down the sea creature to exact his revenge. Heedless of warnings, Ahab risks ship and crew in his maniacal pursuit, bearing out Melville’s observation that ”there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.”
Customer Reviews
Wow
I give it 10 out of 10
Boring to tears
I always wanted to use be able to say that I’ve read Moby Dick, but it was just dragging on and on. If you want to know the story however, go to sparknotes summary of it. I myself am not from sparknotes, but, i would just rather read that than the whole entire book.