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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

钉在桅杆上的金币。一天傍晚,亚哈船长把一枚金币钉在桅杆上:谁第一个看见莫比·迪克,金币就归谁。正是这头巨大的白鲸让亚哈失去了一条腿。船员们齐声欢呼。只有大副斯塔巴克敢于回应。

The world of the book

捕鲸的年代。1850年前后,人们常用鲸油照明。美国船只远航各大洋捕鲸,一去就是三四年。

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