Moby Dick: Or the WhaleMacmillan, 15. apr. 1996 - 640 sider Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title—offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords. This edition of Moby-Dick includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by R.L. Fisher. When a wandering sailor looking to be hired onto a whaling ship finds himself on the Pequod, little does he know the dire fate that awaits him and his crewmates. For the ship's captain, Ahab, is slowly going insane. Having lost a leg in an ill-fated harpoon attack against a fearsome white whale many years before, Ahab vows his revenge against Moby Dick--a vow that has become Ahab's deadly obsession. After many months at sea, Moby Dick is spotted, and Ahab engages the crew in relentless pursuit. Ahab will stop at nothing to kill the beast...even if it means his own death--and the death of all his crew. Can Ahab be stopped before it is too late? Or will the Pequod--and all its crew--perish in the silent depths of the sea...? |
Indhold
LOOMINGS | 1 |
THE CARPETBAG | 7 |
THE SPOUTERINN | 11 |
THE COUNTERPANE | 27 |
BREAKFAST | 31 |
THE STREET | 33 |
THE CHAPEL | 36 |
THE PULPIT | 39 |
THE SPHYNX | 329 |
THE JEROBOAMS STORY | 332 |
THE MONKEYROPE | 338 |
STUBB AND FLASK KILL A RIGHT WHALE AND THEN HAVE A TALK OVER HIM | 343 |
THE SPERM WHALES HEADCONTRASTED VIEW | 349 |
THE RIGHT Whales HEADCONTRASTED VIEW | 354 |
THE BATTERINGRAM | 357 |
THE GREAT HEIDELBURGH TUN | 360 |
THE SERMON | 42 |
A BOSOM FRIEND | 52 |
NIGHTGOWN | 56 |
BIOGRAPHICAL | 58 |
WHEELBARROW | 61 |
NANTUCKET | 66 |
CHOWDER | 68 |
THE SHIP | 71 |
THE RAMADAN | 86 |
HIS MARK | 93 |
THE PROPHET | 97 |
ALL ASTIR | 101 |
GOING ABOARD | 103 |
MERRY CHRISTMAS | 107 |
THE LEE SHORE | 112 |
THE ADVOCATE | 113 |
POSTSCRIPT | 118 |
KNIGHTS AND SQUIRES | 119 |
KNIGHTS AND SQUIRES | 122 |
AHAB | 127 |
ENTER AHAB TO HIM STUBB | 131 |
THE PIPE | 134 |
QUEEN MAB | 135 |
CETOLOGY | 137 |
THE SPECKSNYDER | 152 |
THE CABINTABLE | 155 |
THE MASTHEAD | 161 |
THE QUARTERDECK | 168 |
SUNSET | 176 |
DUSK | 178 |
FIRST NIGHTWATCH | 179 |
MIDNIGHT FORECASTLE | 180 |
MOBY DICK | 188 |
THE WHITENESS OF THE WHALE | 198 |
HARK | 208 |
THE CHART | 209 |
THE AFFIDAVIT | 214 |
SURMISES | 224 |
THE MATMAKER | 227 |
THE FIRST LOWERING | 230 |
THE HYENA | 241 |
AHABS BOAT AND CREW FEDALLAH | 243 |
THE SPIRITSPOUT | 246 |
THE ALBATROSS | 250 |
THE GAM | 252 |
THE TOWNHOS STORY | 257 |
OF THE MONSTROUS PICTURES OF WHALES | 279 |
OF THE LESS ERRONEOUS PICTURES OF WHALES | 284 |
OF WHALES IN PAINT IN TEETH | 288 |
BRIT | 291 |
SQUID | 294 |
THE LINE | 297 |
STUBB KILLS A WHALE | 301 |
THE DART | 306 |
THE CROTCH | 308 |
STUBBS SUPPER | 309 |
THE WHALE AS A DISH | 318 |
THE SHARK MASSACRE | 320 |
CUTTING IN | 322 |
THE BLANKET | 324 |
THE FUNERAL | 328 |
CISTERN AND BUCKETS | 362 |
THE PRAIRIE | 366 |
THE NUT | 369 |
THE PEQUOD MEETS THE VIRGIN | 372 |
THE HONOR AND GLORY OF WHALING | 384 |
JONAH HISTORICALLY REGARDED | 387 |
PITCHPOLING | 389 |
THE FOUNTAIN | 392 |
THE TAIL | 397 |
THE GRAND ARMADA | 402 |
SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS | 415 |
FASTFISH AND LOOSEFISH | 419 |
HEADS OR TAILS | 423 |
THE PEQUOD MEETS THE ROSEBUD | 426 |
AMBERGRIS | 433 |
THE CASTAWAY | 436 |
A SQUEEZE OF THE HAND | 441 |
THE CASSOCK | 444 |
THE TRYWORKS | 446 |
THE LAMP | 451 |
STOWING DOWN AND CLEARING UP | 452 |
THE DOUBLOON | 455 |
LEG AND ARM THE PEQUOD OF NANTUCKET MEETS THE SAMUEL ENDERBY OF LONDON | 461 |
THE DECANTER | 469 |
A BOWER IN THE ARSACIDES | 474 |
MEASUREMENT OF THE WHALES SKELETON | 478 |
THE FOSSIL WHALE | 481 |
DOES THE WHALES MAGNITUDE DIMINISH? WILL HE PERISH? | 485 |
AHABS LEG | 490 |
THE CARPENTER | 492 |
AHAB AND THE CARPENTER | 496 |
AHAB AND STARBUCK IN THE CABIN | 500 |
QUEEQUEG IN HIS COFFIN | 503 |
THE PACIFIC | 509 |
THE BLACKSMITH | 511 |
THE FORGE | 514 |
THE GILDER | 517 |
THE PEQUOD MEETS THE BACHELOR | 520 |
THE DYING WHALE | 522 |
THE WHALE WATCH | 524 |
THE QUADRANT | 526 |
THE CANDLES | 528 |
THE DECK TOWARDS THE END OF THE FIRST NIGHT WATCH | 536 |
MIDNIGHT THE FORECASTLE BULWARKS | 537 |
MIDNIGHT ALOFTTHUNDER AND LIGHTNING | 539 |
THE NEEDLE | 543 |
THE LOG AND LINE | 546 |
THE LIFEBUOY | 550 |
THE DECK | 554 |
THE PEQUOD MEETS THE RACHEL | 556 |
THE CABIN | 560 |
THE HAT | 562 |
THE PEQUOD MEETS THE DELIGHT | 567 |
THE SYMPHONY | 568 |
THE CHASEFIRST DAY | 573 |
THE CHASESECOND DAY | 583 |
THE CHASETHIRD DAY | 592 |
EPILOGUE | 605 |
AFTERWORD | 606 |