| Moby Dick or the Whale Contributor(s): Melville, Herman (Author) |
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ISBN: 1483703975 ISBN-13: 9781483703978 Publisher: Bottom of the Hill Publishing OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Fantasy - Epic |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1150 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (1.49 lbs) 394 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 711 Reading Level: 10.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 42.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an epic sea-story of Captain Ahab's voyage in pursuit of Moby Dick, a great white whale and is considered one of the Great American Novels and a leading work of American Romanticism. Narrated by Ishmael the story follows the voyage of the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab who sole mission is revenge on Moby Dick, a ferocious white whale which had destroyed Ahab's ship and severed his leg at the knee. Herman Melville was an American writer of novels, short stories and poetry. Melville was a schoolteacher for a short time and a seaman. On his first voyage he jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands. His first book, Typee, was an account of that time and became a bestseller and Melville became known as the "man who lived among the cannibals." Public indifference to Moby-Dick put an end to his career as a popular author. It was not until the "Melville Revival" in the early 20th century that his work won recognition. |