00000nam a2200000 a 4500 Melville, Herman aut Verfasser/-in Mobby Dick whaling Obsession revenge fiction Captain Ahab CLASSICS american literature captain voyage JOURNEY English Passion whaling ships human struggle Englisch mentally ill whales novel white whale Moby-Dick Herman Melville New York Dover Publications, Inc. 2003 Dover Giant Thrift Editions A masterpiece of storytelling, this epic saga pits Ahab, a brooding and fantastical sea captain, against the great white whale that crippled him. In telling the tale of Ahab's passion for revenge and the fateful voyage that ensued, Melville produced far more than the narrative of a hair-raising journey; Moby-Dick is a tale for the ages that sounds the deepest depths of the human soul. 9780486432151 9780486432151 0486432157 0486432157 eng 452 Seiten