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Herman Melville

Moby Dick

When a wandering sailor looking to be hired onto a whaling ship finds himself on the Pequod, little does he know the dire fate that awaits him and his crewmates. For the ship’s captain, Ahab, is slowly going insane. Having lost a leg in an ill-fated harpoon attack against a fearsome white whale many years before, Ahab vows his revenge against Moby Dick — a vow that has become Ahab’s deadly obsession.
After many months at sea, Moby Dick is spotted, and Ahab engages the crew in relentless pursuit. Ahab will stop at nothing to kill the beast…even if it means his own death — and the death of all his crew.
Can Ahab be stopped before it is too late? Or will the Pequod — and all its crew — perish in the silent depths of the sea…?
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Impressies

  • MMdeelde een impressie7 jaar geleden
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    Awesome book, really. Rich and satisfying on all counts. One of my top favourites.

  • b3874419099deelde een impressie6 jaar geleden
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    I love it!

  • Lori Gdeelde een impressie5 jaar geleden
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    🔮Verborgen diepten
    💡Heel leerzaam
    💞Heel mooi
    🌴Mooi tussendoortje
    🚀Verslavend

    Classic. Very good.

Citaten

  • Adriana Rangelciteerde uit9 jaar geleden
    For what are the comprehensible terrors of man compared with the interlinked terrors and wonders of God!
  • Maria Shumilovaciteerde uit6 jaar geleden
    Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off—then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.
  • nevena3005citeerde uit2 jaar geleden
    Next: how shall we define the whale, by his obvious externals, so as conspicuously to label him for all time to come? To be short, then, a whale is A SPOUTING FISH WITH A HORIZONTAL TAIL.

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