Project Gutenberg 1991-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 1559 Melville, Herman 1819 1891 Melville, Hermann Moby-Dick; or, The Whale Project Gutenberg eBook #15 is believed to have the highest quality of the three editions of this eBook in the Project Gutenberg collection. #2701 and #2489 are the others. In addition, there is a computer-generated audio eBook, #9147, and a human audio performance, #28794. Eugene F. Irey "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale" by Herman Melville is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The book explores themes of obsession, vengeance, and humanity's relationship with nature through the experiences of its central character, Ishmael, who embarks on a whaling voyage aboard the Pequod, captained by the enigmatic and vengeful Ahab. The opening of "Moby-Dick" introduces Ishmael, who shares his existential musings and the reasons for his desire to go to sea. He portrays the bustling port city of New Bedford, highlighting the magnetic pull of the ocean on the hearts of men. As he prepares for his journey, Ishmael reflects on his own internal struggles and motivations, ultimately leading him to desire adventure in the whaling industry. He arrives in New Bedford, confronts the challenges of finding a place to stay, and has a rather amusing encounter with the landlord and an unexpected harpooneer, setting the stage for his subsequent adventures at sea. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Whaling -- Fiction Sea stories Psychological fiction Ship captains -- Fiction Adventure stories Mentally ill -- Fiction Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Whales -- Fiction Whaling ships -- Fiction PS Text Adventure Best Books Ever Listings Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1332927 1333990 2024-09-01T03:33:45.834782 2023-10-01T03:33:34.935736 text/html text/html 1312722 2024-03-06T14:46:14 text/html 725084 2024-09-01T03:34:04.055609 application/epub+zip 731379 2024-09-01T03:33:48.275699 application/epub+zip 726107 2024-09-01T03:33:46.954692 application/epub+zip 1032180 2024-09-01T03:34:16.223594 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 936584 2024-09-01T03:34:02.982622 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 931116 2022-09-01T03:35:24.078102 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1276571 1276614 2024-09-01T03:33:44.317763 2023-10-01T03:33:33.481733 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1256845 2024-03-06T14:46:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18565 2024-09-01T03:34:16.406594 application/rdf+xml 13478 2024-09-01T03:33:47.357712 image/jpeg 3800 2024-09-01T03:33:47.149704 image/jpeg 578130 2024-09-01T03:33:45.954735 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia