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
... Pequod meets the Albatross 257 CHAPTER 53 The Gam 260 CHAPTER 54 The Town Ho's Story 265 CHAPTER 55 Monstrous Pictures of Whales 285 CHAPTER 56 Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales 290 CHAPTER 57 Of Whales in Paint , in Teeth , & c . 294 ...
... Pequod meets the Albatross 257 CHAPTER 53 The Gam 260 CHAPTER 54 The Town Ho's Story 265 CHAPTER 55 Monstrous Pictures of Whales 285 CHAPTER 56 Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales 290 CHAPTER 57 Of Whales in Paint , in Teeth , & c . 294 ...
Page vii
... Pequod meets the Jeroboam • Her Story 341 CHAPTER 72 The Monkey - rope 348 CHAPTER 73 Stubb & Flask kill a Right Whale 353 CHAPTER 74 The Sperm Whale's Head 359 CHAPTER 75 The Right Whale's Head 364 CHAPTER 76 The Battering - Ram 368 ...
... Pequod meets the Jeroboam • Her Story 341 CHAPTER 72 The Monkey - rope 348 CHAPTER 73 Stubb & Flask kill a Right Whale 353 CHAPTER 74 The Sperm Whale's Head 359 CHAPTER 75 The Right Whale's Head 364 CHAPTER 76 The Battering - Ram 368 ...
Page viii
... Pequod meets the Samuel Enderby of London 476 CHAPTER 101 CHAPTER 102 CHAPTER 103 The Decanter 483 A Bower in the Arsacides 483 Measurement of the Whale's Skeleton 493 CHAPTER 104 The Fossil Whale 496 CHAPTER 105 Does the Whale Diminish ...
... Pequod meets the Samuel Enderby of London 476 CHAPTER 101 CHAPTER 102 CHAPTER 103 The Decanter 483 A Bower in the Arsacides 483 Measurement of the Whale's Skeleton 493 CHAPTER 104 The Fossil Whale 496 CHAPTER 105 Does the Whale Diminish ...
Page xvii
... But Ishmael's saving charm is his capacity for humor at his own expense . He grows amused by his own absurdities , and by the time he sails aboard the Pequod in the protective company of his now - beloved Queequeg , he INTRODUCTION xvii.
... But Ishmael's saving charm is his capacity for humor at his own expense . He grows amused by his own absurdities , and by the time he sails aboard the Pequod in the protective company of his now - beloved Queequeg , he INTRODUCTION xvii.
Page xviii
... Pequod's hell - bent quest . The central theme of Moby - Dick begins to emerge in this implicit contrast be- tween the transfigured Ishmael , whose consciousness has been dif- fused into a promiscuous taste for all experience , and the ...
... Pequod's hell - bent quest . The central theme of Moby - Dick begins to emerge in this implicit contrast be- tween the transfigured Ishmael , whose consciousness has been dif- fused into a promiscuous taste for all experience , and the ...
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