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(0)Herman Melville
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English
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A classic of the sea, telling of the pursuit of Moby Dick, the white whale who defied capture. October 18th, 2001, marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of the greatest novel in American literature. The Modern Library trade paperback edition exclusively features the timeless illustrations of Rockwell Kent, an Introduction by Elizabeth Hardwick, commentary by Herman Melville and William T. Porter, contemporary reviews from John Bull and The...
2) Moby-Dick
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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A masterpiece of storytelling, this epic saga pits Ahab, a brooding and fanatical sea captain, against the great white whale that crippled him. In telling the tale of Ahab's passion for revenge and the fateful voyage that ensued, Melville produced far more than the narrative of a hair-raising journey; Moby-Dick is a tale for the ages that sounds the deepest depths of the human soul. Interspersed with graphic sketches of life aboard a whaling vessel,...
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
"A new, definitive edition of Herman Melville's virtuosic short stories--American classics wrought with scorching fury, grim humor, and profound beauty. Though best-known for his epic masterpiece Moby-Dick, Herman Melville also left a body of short stories arguably unmatched in American fiction. In the sorrowful tragedy of Billy Budd, Sailor; the controlled rage of Benito Cereno; and the tantalizing enigma of Bartleby, the Scrivener; Melville reveals...
Author
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.6 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
Describes the adventures of a sailor who jumps ship at a south sea island inhabited by cannibals, takes a voyage around Polynesia, and embarks on a quest for an elusive beauty among the islands of a tropical archipelago.
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Publisher
Focus on the Family
Pub. Date
2008, 2002.
Language
English
Description
Good-natured Billy Budd is forced into service on a British man of war on its way to fight the French. One of Billy's shipmates is appalled at Billy's innocence and the stage is set for a conspiracy, murder and a question of justice.
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Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
From the opening line-"Captain Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last"-you will know that you are in the hands of a master storyteller and in the company of a fascinating woman hero. Inspired by a brief passage in Moby-Dick, Sena Jeter Naslund has created an enthralling and compellingly readable saga, spanning a rich, eventful, and dramatic life. At once a family drama, a romantic adventure, and a portrait of a real and loving marriage, Ahab's...
7) Redburn, his first voyage ; White-jacket, or, The world in a man-of-war ; Moby-Dick, or, The whale
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Series
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Literary Classics of the United States, Inc
Pub. Date
[1983]
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English
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Publisher
Signet Classics
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Featured in this volume are "Billy Budd", Melville's posthumously published novella, the story of the rivalry between a handsome sailor and his demonic captain; the tale of the apathetic "Bartleby, the Scrivener; " the riveting "Benito Cereno", the story of a slave ship mutiny written at the time of the Amistad case and "The Town-Ho's Story", a chapter from Melville's masterpiece, "Moby Dick".
17) Moby Dog
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Series
Adventures of Wishbone volume 10
Publisher
Big Red Chair Books
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
While pursuing the stranger who ran off with Joe's basketball, Wishbone imagines himself to be the young sailor Ishmael on Captain Ahab's whaling ship chasing the great white whale, Moby Dick, across the seven seas.
19) Moby Dick
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Series
Publisher
Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
20) Moby Dick
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Series
Publisher
[EDC Pub.]
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Captain Ahab takes his crew on a mission to find Moby Dick, the great white whale that crippled him.