Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
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"Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the w..."
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In Moby-Dick, Ishmael is drawn into the global whaling trade and aboard the Pequod, where Captain Ahab pursues a white whale with relentless determination. Through Ishmael's eyes, Melville depicts the order and chaos of the sea, the power of belief, and how a personal grievance can become a shared destiny. This bilingual edition presents the original text side-by-side with a translation.
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