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Moby-Dick

Herman Melville

Moby-Dick

ABRIDGED EDITION

Paper book: €18.99

Digital: €4.99

Original publication
1851
Pages
368
Difficulty
Hard
Genres
Adventure, Philosophy
Moods
Escape it all, Be enchanted, Think it through
Translated from
English

Book summary

Ishmael, a young sailor, signs on at Nantucket aboard the Pequod, a whaler commanded by Captain Ahab. Ahab lost a leg to a white sperm whale, Moby Dick, and has only one idea left: to find it and kill it.

This novel made the white whale the symbol of every obsession, and its first line, “Call me Ishmael”, is one of the most famous in literature.

With the translation always in front of you, you can experience this great sea adventure in the language you are learning.

The plot

돛대에 박힌 금화. 어느 날 저녁, 에이해브 선장은 돛대에 금화 한 닢을 못 박는다. 에이해브의 한쪽 다리를 앗아 간 거대한 흰 고래, 모비 딕을 가장 먼저 발견하는 선원에게 주겠다는 것이다. 선원들은 환호한다. 오직 일등 항해사 스타벅만이 감히 대꾸한다.

The world of the book

포경의 시대. 1850년 무렵에는 고래기름으로 불을 밝히는 일이 흔했다. 미국 배들은 온 바다로 고래잡이를 떠나 3~4년씩 항해했다.

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