Moby-Dick
“Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851) is a novel by Herman Melville considered an outstanding work of Romanticism and the American Renaissance. Ishmael narrates the monomaniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale which on a previous voyage destroyed Ahab’s ship and severed his leg at the knee. Although the novel was a commercial failure and out of print at the time of the author’s death in 1891, its reputation as a Great American Novel grew during the twentieth century. William Faulkner confessed he wished he had written it himself, and D. H. Lawrence called it “one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world”, and “the greatest book of the sea ever written”. “Call me Ishmael” is one of world literature’s most famous opening sentences.” (Wiipedia)
Work
Subtitle or, The Whale
Year of Publication 1851
Aliases Moby Dick
Wikidata Q174596
Licensing Public domain
Connections
- Herman Melville (author)
- Librivox (host of) Has an audiobook.
- Project Gutenberg (host of) Has several versions.
Language English (original)
Grouping Novel, Literature
Type Book (electronic), Audio (electronic), Book (hardcopy)
Versions
| Version | Format | Price | File | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LibriVox audiobook | MP3 | Free | — | — |
| Project Gutenberg versions | HTML, EPUB, Kindle, TXT | Free | — | Also: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2701, http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2489, http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28794, http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9147 |