Herman Melville
Author
Series
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
One of the most widely-read and respected books in all American literature, Moby Dick is the saga of Captain Ahab and his unrelenting pursuit of Moby Dick, the great white whale who maimed him during their last encounter. A novel blending high-seas romantic adventure, symbolic allegory, and the conflicting ideals of heroic determination and undying hatred, Moby Dick is also revered for its historical accounts of the whaling industry of the 1800's....
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Billy Budd, Sailor and Bartleby, the Scrivener are two of the most revered shorter works of fiction in history. Here, they are collected along with 19 other stories in a beautifully redesigned collection that represents the best short work of an American master.As Warner Berthoff writes in his introduction to this volume, "It is hard to think of a major novelist or storyteller who is not also a first-rate entertainer . . . a master, according to choice,...
28) Catskill eagle
Author
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
c1991.
Language
English
Description
In this excerpt from "Moby Dick," Melville portrays the majestic mountain eagle, who at his lowest, still flies above all other birds.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Aboard the Pequod, seventeen-year-old Ishmael arrives on the planet Cretacea to hunt down great ocean-dwelling beasts to harvest and send back to the resource-depleted Earth. But the ship's captain, Ahab, who lost his leg to the Great Terrafin years ago, is obsessed with hunting down the beast. The classic tale of Moby Dick as set in the future.
31) Herman Melville
Author
Series
Twayne's United States authors volume 37
Publisher
Twayne
Pub. Date
c1979.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A companion to Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick," in which Una Spenser tells the story of her life, and discusses her loving marriage to Captain Ahab before the white whale took his leg and drove him into madness.
36) Billy Budd
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
An innocent, naive British Naval seaman is accused and tried of murdering the sadistic master-at-arms.
37) Moby Dick
Publisher
Hallmark
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
A skipper of a 19th century whaling boat is obsessed with the idea of harpooning the whale that is responsible for the loss of his leg.
39) Moby Dick
Publisher
Saerom Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
A skipper of a 19th century whaling boat is obsessed with the idea of harpooning the whale that is responsible for the loss of his leg.