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"Moby-Dick; or, The Whale" by Herman Melville is an epic novel published in 1851. Sailor Ishmael narrates the obsessive quest of Captain Ahab, who commands the whaling ship Pequod in pursuit of Moby Dick, the white whale that destroyed his leg. Driven by vengeance, Ahab leads his diverse crew across the world's oceans, hunting the legendary creature. This tale of obsession explores themes of good and evil, fate, and humanity's struggle against nature's overwhelming power. (This is an automatically generated summary.) ... Read more Show less

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Author	Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
Title	Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Note	Project Gutenberg eBook #15 is believed to have the highest quality of the three editions of this eBook in the Project Gutenberg collection, and is based on the 1st American edition, 1851. #2701 and #2489 are the others. In addition, there is a computer-generated audio eBook, #9147, and a human audio performance, #28794.
Note	Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby-Dick
Credits	Eugene F. Irey
Reading Level	Reading ease score: 73.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language	English
LoC Class	PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject	Whaling -- Fiction
Subject	Sea stories
Subject	Psychological fiction
Subject	Ship captains -- Fiction
Subject	Adventure stories
Subject	Mentally ill -- Fiction
Subject	Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Subject	Whales -- Fiction
Subject	Whaling ships -- Fiction
Category	Text
eBook-No.	15
ISBN (HTML)	979-8-238-00015-2
Release Date	May 1, 1991
Last Update	Jun 10, 2026
Copyright	Public domain in the USA.
Downloads	5956 downloads in the last 30 days.

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