Moby Dick  -  Herman Melville

KORTE INHOUD

Moby Dick is the story of Captain Ahab's quest to avenge the whale that 'reaped' his leg. The quest is an obsession and the novel is a diabolical study of how a man becomes a fanatic. But it is also a hymn to democracy. Bent as the crew is on Ahab's appalling crusade, it is equally the image of a co-operative community at work: all hands dependent on all hands, each individual responsible for the security of each. Among the crew is Ishmael, the novel's narrator, ordinary sailor, and extraordinary reader. Di...
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1992 1x BEKROOND Uitgever: Wordsworth Reeks: Wordsworth Classics 582 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 1853260088 ISBN-13: 9781853260087