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Moby dick

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Widely considered one of the great American novels, Herman Melville’s masterpiece went largely unread during his lifetime and was out of print at the time of his death in 1891. Called the greatest book about the sea ever written by D.H. Lawrence, Moby Dick features detailed descriptions of whale hunting and whale oil extraction as well as beautiful, incisive writing on race, class, religion, art, and society. The story, loosely based on a real whaling shipwreck, features the unforgettable, vengeful Captain Ahab, who obsessively hunts a great white whale who bit his leg off below the knee.

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Series Title

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Call Number

823 MEL m

Publisher

Heatherton : Hinkler Books., 2019

Collation

654 p

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781488937903

Classification

800

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Edition

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Subject(s)

Fiction
Adventure

Specific Detail Info

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Statement of Responsibility

Herman Melville

Other Information

Level

High School

Book Segment

Select -- Reading for pleasure

Reading Level

Independent

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