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Moby Dick in Plain and Simple English (Includes Study Guide, Complete Unabridged Book, Historical Context, and Character Index)(

This book presents a simplified adaptation of 'Moby Dick', a renowned literary work by an anonymous author. It includes a comprehensive study guide, the full, unaltered text of the novel, insights into the historical context in which it was written, and an index of characters to aid readers in understanding the story and its characters. more

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Herman Melville
Herman Melville

Herman Melville was a renowned 19th-century American novelist known for his profound psychological descriptions and unique literary style. His masterpiece, 'Moby-Dick', is considered a classic of American literature. more

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“He was sailing over a boundless expanse of sea, with a blood-red sky above, and the angry waters, lashed into fury beneath, boiling and eddying up, on every side. There was another vessel before them, toiling and labouring in the howling storm: her canvas fluttering in ribbons from the mast.”

“An angry skipper makes an unhappy crew.”

“It thrilled through him when he first felt the keel answer to his hand on the spokes and slide over the long hollows as the foresail scythed back and forth against the blue sky.”

“It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening.”