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| If Melville had never written Moby Dick, his place in world literature would be assured by his short tales. "Billy Budd, Sailor," his last work, is the masterpiece before his death in 1891 in... |
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| In New Bedford, Connecticut in the 1800s, a group of seamen board the Pequod, captained by Ahab. They know they're out to harpoon whales; what they don't realize is that Ahab once lost a leg to the... |
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One of the great works of American literature, Moby Dick is the epic tale of one man's fight against a force of nature. The outcast youth Ishmael, succumbing to wanderlust during a dreary New... |
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| In a letter to a friend, in 1849, Herman Melville wrote, “I love all men who dive…any fish can swim near the surface, but it takes a great whale to go down stairs 5 miles or more.” He... |
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2006 Audie® Award Winner - Solo Narration – Male 'Call me Ishmael' Thus starts the greatest American novel. Melville said himself that he wanted to write 'a... |
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