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CLAREL by Herman Melville; Hershel Parker (Editor); Alma MacDougall Reising (Editor); Harrison Hayford (Editor); G. Thomas Tanselle (Editor)
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Melville Ser.
Melville's long poem Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land (1876) was the last full-length book he published. Until the mid-twentieth century even the most partisan of Melville's advocates hesitated to endure a four-part poem of 150 cantos of almost 18,000 lines, about a na ve American named Cl ...Show more
MARDI by Herman Melville
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Melville Ser.
Presented as narratives of his own South Sea experiences, Melville's first two books had roused incredulity in many readers. Their disbelief, he declared, had been "the main inducement" in altering his plan for his third book, Mardi: and a Voyage Thither (1849). Melville wanted to exploit the "rich poet ...Show more
Moby Dick by Herman Melville & Jan Needle & Patrick Benson (ill.)
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Category: Children's Fiction
Haunted by prophesies of his own death, Captain Ahab hunts the vast waters of the Pacific in search of the great white whale that has become his obsession. This towering novel has been sympathetically edited to a tenth of its original length, focussing on the exciting chase at the core of the book, as a ...Show more
Moby Dick by Herman Melville; John Escott (Retold by)
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Category: Languages and Reference | Series: Macmillan Readers Ser.
Its famous opening line, "Call me Ishmael," dramatic in its stark simplicity, begins an epic that is widely regarded as the greatest novel ever written by an American. Labeled variously a realistic story of whaling, a romance of unusual adventure and eccentric characters, a symbolic allegory, and a dram ...Show more
Moby Dick (Oxford World's Classics) by Herman Melville
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: World's Classics Ser.
This classic story of high adventure, manic obsession, and metaphysical speculation was Melville's masterpiece. The tale of Captain Ahab's frantic pursuit of the cunning and notorious white whale Moby Dick, is packed with drama, and draws heavily on the author's own experiences on the high seas. This ed ...Show more
Pearson Reader Level 2 : "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville
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Category: Languages and Reference | Series: Pearson English Graded Readers Ser.
Classic / British English 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. ...Show more
TYPEE by Herman Melville; Robert Sullivan (Introduction by); Holly Dugan
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
Herman Melville is one of the greatest figures in literary history. His classic Moby Dick is generally considered the finest novel ever written by an American. Yet in Melville's day, Typee was a far more popular book. Largely autobiographical, this classic adventure story is set in the South Seas, where ...Show more
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