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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

Uma moeda de ouro pregada no mastro. Certa tarde, o capitão Ahab prega uma moeda de ouro no mastro. Ela será do primeiro marinheiro que avistar Moby Dick, a gigantesca baleia branca que custou uma perna a Ahab. A…

The world of the book

A caça à baleia. Por volta de 1850, muitas casas são iluminadas com óleo de baleia. Navios americanos partem para caçar baleias em todos os oceanos, por três ou quatro anos.

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