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1) Moby-Dick
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"Moby Dick (1851) is an epic tale of the conflict between man and his fate. Captain Ahab's obsessive quest to destroy the great white whale that tore off his leg leads the Pequod and its crew to disaster. Melville's extraordinary narrative defies c1assification: it teems with ideas and imagery and the passion of its author."--Jacket.
2) Moby Dick
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Español
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Captain Ahab takes his crew on a mission to find Moby Dick, the great white whale that crippled him.
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English
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"Now the classic novel by Herman Melville is an illustrated storybook perfect for kids! Kid Classics: Moby Dick is full of adventure and excitement! Herman Melville was a sailor before he was a famous author, and he pulled from his seafaring experience when he wrote Moby Dick; Or, the Whale in 1851. Now, here is the fun new just-for-kids version of Herman Melville's classic Moby Dick, abridged and retold while remaining true to Melville's original...
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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"A new, definitive edition of Herman Melville's virtuosic short stories--American classics wrought with scorching fury, grim humor, and profound beauty Though best-known for his epic masterpiece Moby-Dick, Herman Melville also left a body of short stories arguably unmatched in American fiction. In the sorrowful tragedy of Billy Budd, Sailor; the controlled rage of Benito Cereno; and the tantalizing enigma of Bartleby, the Scrivener; Melville reveals...
5) Moby Dick
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Editorial Alma
Pub. Date
[2020]
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Español
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Con esta colecci�on, los m�as peque�nos de la casa podr�an acercarse a los grandes cl�asicos gracias a los divertidos e ingeniosos textos rimados y podr�an disfrutar y descubrir las tramas adaptadas y los personajes m�as importantes de la historia de la literatura universal. Los libros est�an pensados para que los ni�nos no lectores puedan disfrutarlos a solas, mirando las llamativas y coloridas ilustraciones, o bien para compartirlos...
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Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2018
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English
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When his ship is destroyed and his lucky dime stolen by the monstrous white whale Moby Dick, Captain Quackhab sets sail on a voyage of revenge against the fearsome leviathan. Joined by Ishmael, his first mate Mr. Storkbuck, and the island triplets, Huqueg, Duqueg, and Luqueg, and his crew of ne'er-do-wells, Quackhab won't rest until he gets his prize. But whales aren't the only danger the seas have to offer. Our heroes must contend with giant squids,...
8) Moby Dick
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Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Captain Ahab sails the seven seas seeking revenge on Moby Dick, the great white whale who maimed and disfigured him.
9) Moby Dick
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Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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In this two-part made-for-TV retelling of the legendary Herman Melville tale, Ishmael, sole survivor of the lost whaling ship The Pequod, relates the tale of monomaniacal Captain Ahab 's self-destructive obsession to hunt and slay the elusive great white whale, Moby Dick, who disfigured him, forcing his tired and mutinous crew to travel the seas until they find it.
10) Billy Budd
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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An innocent, naive British Naval seaman is accused and tried of murdering the sadistic master-at-arms.
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St. Augustine's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Will Morrisey unravels Melville's "loomings" of the great whale, showing them to be important threads of politics and theories of governance ... Melville, like Ishmael, urges a new vision of both God and nature, and challenges the notion of rule in all its expressions." -- back cover.
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