On the vast, unpredictable oceans, Captain Ahab of the whaling vessel Pequod is a man possessed. Haunted by the loss of his leg to the elusive white whale who claimed it, Ahab' s thirst for revenge knows no bounds. Heedless of any consequences, he and his crew pursue his ghostlike nemesis: Moby Dick. Herman Melville' s classic tale is a thrilling maritime adventure novel as well as a powerful allegory on the untamable essence of nature and fate.
»Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian . . . « Ishmael
Moby Dick gilt als das Meisterwerk der amerikanischen Literatur
»Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth. « Captain Ahab
Herman Melville, born in 1819 in New York, held various odd jobs after the early death of his father before he joined a whaling ship in 1841. As a freelance writer, he undertook extensive travels abroad and gave lectures, and he also worked as a farmer and customs inspector. Now mainly famous for his Moby-Dick , the novelist, poet, and essayist died lonely and forgotten in 1891.
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