Herman Melville

BILLY BUD IS SELECTED AS THE SAILOR FOR THE WARSHIP 'INDOMITABLE'. THE COMMANDING FORCES OF THE SHIP ARE WARY AND WORRIED AS THE SAILORS ALL OVER THE WARSHIPS HAVE GONE BERSERK. REVOLT IS THE ONLY WORD THAT THEY SEEM TO UNDERSTAND. NATURALLY, TO MAINTAIN DISCIPLINE, THE OFFICERS HAVE TO TAKE HARSH ACTIONS. JOHN KLAGART IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 'FLAG' DEPARTMENT. VAGABOND BY NATURE, HE HAS A KEEN EYE ON THE FELLOW SAILORS. IT IS HIS DOUBT THAT BILLY BUD, A NOTORIOUS SAILOR IS TRYING TO PROVOKE OTHE

Moby-Dick by Herman Melville: first published in 1851, considered to be one of the Great American Novels and a treasure of world literature, one of the great epics in all of literature. The story tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab has one purpose on this voyage: to seek out Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg, which now drives Ahab to take revenge...

V tsentre romana Melvilla "Mobi Dik, ili Belyj kit" - smertelnoe protivostojanie otvazhnogo kapitana kitobojnogo sudna Akhava i gigantskogo belogo kita, olitsetvorjajuschego mirovoe zlo. Na fone epicheskikh morskikh pejzazhej ekipazh "Pekoda" vosprinimaetsja kak simvol chelovechestva, bluzhdajuschego po okeanu zhizni i besstrashno brosajuschego vyzov vrazhdebnym razrushitelnym silam. Ne prinjatyj sovremennikami pisatelja, "Mobi Dik" vernulsja iz zabvenija lish v nachale proshlogo veka i po sej den schitaetsja odnim iz samykh velikikh amerikanskikh romanov.

"Extraordinary. Who would have looked for philosophy in whales, or for poetry in blubber?" London John Bull, 1851"Intriguing, haunting, suggestive, ambiguous-the narrator does not say that his name is Ishmael. He summons the reader to call him by that name. And in so doing, the narrator invites the reader not merely into a story but an epic, a tale that encompasses life, death, the universe, God, angels, demons, and man caught in the eye of that cosmic hurricane. If you consent to call him Ishmael, you consent to this voyage." -From Toby Sumpter's IntroductionIshmael has always been a wanderer, but as soon as he meets the mysterious harpooner Queequeg, he is drawn aboard the Pequod and under the sway of the one-legged Captain Ahab. Ahab killed a whale and took its jawbone as his new leg-but the jaw wasn't from the monstrous white whale that crippled him. Some of the Pequod's whaling crew are there for the money, some for adventure, and some because they don't know any other life, but as the voyage progresses Ishmael realizes that Captain Ahab is using them all to find and butcher Moby Dick. This wide-ranging Canon Classic is part adventure story, part nature documentary, and part discourse on the nature of Man and his enmity with God. The Canon Classics series presents the most definitive works of Western literature in a colorful, well-crafted, and affordable way. Unlike many other thrift editions, our classics are printed on thicker text stock and feature individualized designs that prioritize readability by means of proper margins, leading, characters per line, font, trim size, etc. Each book's materials and layout combine to make the classics a simple and striking addition to classrooms and homes, ideal for introducing the best of literary culture and human experience to the next generation. This Worldview Edition features an introduction divided into sections on The World Around, About the Author, What Other Notables Said, Setting, Characters, & Plot Summary, Worldview Analysis, and 21 Discussion Questions & Answers.

Every reader knows the obsessive story of Captain Ahab and the famous white whale. Moby Dick is the great American novel, a monument of literature. Based on the events depicted in the “Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex” and the legend of “Mocha Dick", it is the story of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage aboard the whaling ship the Pequod. Commanded by the obsessed Captain Ahab, a man who is hell-bent on revenge against a white whale of incredible ferocity, the Pequod and its crew are tasked with this singular goal, whatever the emotional or human cost. It is a novel rich with symbolism and complex themes. But this mythical adventure has never been portrayed in such a powerful way and with such striking illustrations, presenting a new perspective on this cornerstone of American literature. It marks a wonderful entry point for new readers to discover Melville's universe—and a beautiful edition for the countless dedicated readers of this unique novel.