Moby-Dick: or, The WhalePenguin, 2002 M12 31 - 720 pages Herman Melville’s masterpiece of obsession and the untamed sea, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history—featuring an introduction by Andrew Delbanco and notes by Tom Quirk. This edition features the Northwestern-Newberry edition of Melville's text, approved by the Center for Scholarly Editions and the Center for Editions of American Authors of the MLA. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Moby-Dick still stands as an indisputable literary classic. It is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopedia of whaling lore and legend, Moby-Dick is a haunting, mesmerizing, and important social commentary populated with several of the most unforgettable and enduring characters in literature. Written with wonderfully redemptive humor, Moby-Dick is a profound and timeless inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception. Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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Page vi
... Ahab ; to him , Stubb 137 CHAPTER 30 The Pipe 141 CHAPTER 31 Queen Mab 142 CHAPTER 32 Cetology 145 CHAPTER 33 The ... Ahab's Boat and Crew - Fedallah 250 CHAPTER 51 The Spirit - Spout 253 CHAPTER 52 The Pequod meets the Albatross 257 ...
... Ahab ; to him , Stubb 137 CHAPTER 30 The Pipe 141 CHAPTER 31 Queen Mab 142 CHAPTER 32 Cetology 145 CHAPTER 33 The ... Ahab's Boat and Crew - Fedallah 250 CHAPTER 51 The Spirit - Spout 253 CHAPTER 52 The Pequod meets the Albatross 257 ...
Page viii
... Ahab's Leg 505 CHAPTER 107 CHAPTER 108 CHAPTER 109 The Carpenter 508 The Deck Abab and the Carpenter 511 The Cabin Ahab and Starbuck 516 CHAPTER 110 The Pacific Queequeg in his Coffin 519 CHAPTER 111 CHAPTER 112 The Blacksmith 525 527 ...
... Ahab's Leg 505 CHAPTER 107 CHAPTER 108 CHAPTER 109 The Carpenter 508 The Deck Abab and the Carpenter 511 The Cabin Ahab and Starbuck 516 CHAPTER 110 The Pacific Queequeg in his Coffin 519 CHAPTER 111 CHAPTER 112 The Blacksmith 525 527 ...
Page xvi
... Ahab's service , Melville buries him in a " six - inch chapter [ that ] is [ his ] stoneless grave . " Yet it is an ... Ahab . He is not revised out of the manuscript but remains as a tremor in the text - an idea of democratic leadership ...
... Ahab's service , Melville buries him in a " six - inch chapter [ that ] is [ his ] stoneless grave . " Yet it is an ... Ahab . He is not revised out of the manuscript but remains as a tremor in the text - an idea of democratic leadership ...
Page xix
... Ahab stands immovable , his pegleg anchored in his " stand - point❞ — the auger hole bored into the deck to keep him ... [ Ahab's ] glance , " while Ish- mael's eyes are dreamy and roving . He frees himself from fear and anger and the ...
... Ahab stands immovable , his pegleg anchored in his " stand - point❞ — the auger hole bored into the deck to keep him ... [ Ahab's ] glance , " while Ish- mael's eyes are dreamy and roving . He frees himself from fear and anger and the ...
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... Ahab prevails . Ahab's political genius expresses itself with what Melville some- times regards as an unrepeatable indecency : " what it was that inscrutable Ahab said to that tiger - yellow crew of his - these were words best omitted ...
... Ahab prevails . Ahab's political genius expresses itself with what Melville some- times regards as an unrepeatable indecency : " what it was that inscrutable Ahab said to that tiger - yellow crew of his - these were words best omitted ...
Contents
VII | 3 |
VIII | 9 |
IX | 13 |
X | 28 |
XI | 33 |
XII | 36 |
XIII | 39 |
XIV | 43 |
LXXVIII | 348 |
LXXIX | 353 |
LXXX | 359 |
LXXXI | 364 |
LXXXII | 368 |
LXXXIII | 371 |
LXXXIV | 373 |
LXXXV | 378 |
XV | 46 |
XVI | 55 |
XVII | 59 |
XVIII | 61 |
XIX | 64 |
XX | 69 |
XXI | 72 |
XXII | 76 |
XXIII | 90 |
XXIV | 96 |
XXV | 100 |
XXVI | 104 |
XXVII | 107 |
XXVIII | 111 |
XXIX | 116 |
XXX | 118 |
XXXI | 123 |
XXXII | 124 |
XXXIII | 128 |
XXXIV | 133 |
XXXV | 137 |
XXXVI | 141 |
XXXVII | 142 |
XXXVIII | 145 |
XXXIX | 158 |
XL | 161 |
XLI | 167 |
XLII | 174 |
XLIII | 182 |
XLIV | 184 |
XLV | 186 |
XLVI | 187 |
XLVII | 194 |
XLVIII | 204 |
XLIX | 213 |
L | 215 |
LI | 221 |
LII | 230 |
LIII | 233 |
LIV | 236 |
LV | 247 |
LVI | 250 |
LVII | 253 |
LVIII | 257 |
LIX | 260 |
LX | 265 |
LXI | 285 |
LXII | 290 |
LXIII | 294 |
LXIV | 297 |
LXV | 300 |
LXVI | 303 |
LXVII | 307 |
LXVIII | 313 |
LXIX | 315 |
LXX | 317 |
LXXI | 325 |
LXXII | 328 |
LXXIII | 330 |
LXXIV | 332 |
LXXV | 336 |
LXXVI | 338 |
LXXVII | 341 |
LXXXVI | 381 |
LXXXVII | 384 |
LXXXVIII | 395 |
LXXXIX | 399 |
XC | 402 |
XCI | 405 |
XCII | 410 |
XCIII | 415 |
XCIV | 428 |
XCV | 432 |
XCVI | 436 |
XCVII | 440 |
XCVIII | 447 |
XCIX | 450 |
C | 455 |
CI | 459 |
CII | 461 |
CIII | 466 |
CIV | 467 |
CV | 470 |
CVI | 476 |
CVII | 483 |
CVIII | 488 |
CIX | 493 |
CX | 496 |
CXI | 500 |
CXII | 505 |
CXIII | 508 |
CXIV | 511 |
CXV | 516 |
CXVI | 519 |
CXVII | 525 |
CXVIII | 527 |
CXIX | 530 |
CXX | 534 |
CXXI | 536 |
CXXII | 539 |
CXXIII | 541 |
CXXIV | 543 |
CXXV | 546 |
CXXVI | 553 |
CXXVII | 554 |
CXXVIII | 556 |
CXXIX | 557 |
CXXX | 561 |
CXXXI | 565 |
CXXXII | 569 |
CXXXIII | 573 |
CXXXIV | 576 |
CXXXV | 580 |
CXXXVI | 582 |
CXXXVII | 587 |
CXXXVIII | 589 |
CXXXIX | 594 |
CXL | 604 |
CXLI | 613 |
CXLII | 625 |
CXLIII | 629 |
CXLIV | 635 |
CXLV | 651 |
CXLVI | |
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Common terms and phrases
Ahab's aloft beneath Bildad boat bones bows Bulkington cabin called Cape Horn Captain Ahab Captain Peleg Cetology CHAPTER chase chief mate coffin creature crew cried Ahab Daggoo dark darted dead deck devil doubloon eyes feet fish fishery Flask flukes forecastle gunwale hand harpoon head heard heart hoisted instant iron Ishmael Jonah lance Leviathan living look mast mast-head mate Melville Moby Dick Moby-Dick Nantucket never night oars ocean once Parsee Peleg Pequod Queequeg Right Whale rolled rope round sail sailors seemed seen sharks ship ship's shipmates side sight soon sort soul Sperm Whale spermaceti spout standing Starbuck Steelkilt stern stood strange Stubb tail Tashtego tell thee thing thou thought turned vessel voyage whale-ship whalemen White Whale wild wind