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 1800s.
【作者简介】
Elizabeth Hardwick (1916–2007) is the author of many books and essays, including Herman Melville (Penguin Lives), American Fictions, and Seduction and Betrayal: Women and Literature.
From the Trade Paperback edition.,,
【目录】
LOOMINGS
THE CARPET-BAG
THE SPOUTER-INN
THE COUNTERPANE
BREAKFAST
THE STREET
THE CHAPEL
THE PULPIT
THE SERMON
A BOSOM FRIEND
NIGHTGOWN
BIOGRAPHICAL
WHEELBARROW
NANTUCKET
CHOWDER
THE SHIP
THE RAMADAN
HIS MARK
THE PROPHET
ALL ASTIR
GOING ABOARD
MERRY CHRISTMAS
THE LEE SHORE
THE ADVOCATE
POSTSCRIPT
KNIGHTS AND SQUIRES
KNIGHTS AND SQUIRES
AHAB
ENTER AHAB; TO HIM, STUBB
THE PIPE
QUEEN MAB
CETOLOGY
THE SPECKSYNDER
THE CABIN-TABLE
THE MAST-HEAD
THE QUARTER-DECK
SUNSET
DUSK
FIRST NIGHT-WATCH
MIDNIGHT, FORECASTLE
MOBY DICK
THE WHITENESS OF THE WHALE
HARK!
THE CHART
THE AFFIDAVIT
SURMISES
THE MAT-MAKER
THE FIRST LOWERING
THE HYENA
AHAB'S BOAT AND CREW. FEDALLAH
THE SPIRIT-SPOUT
THE ALBATROSS
THE GAM
THE TOWN-HO'S STORY
OF THE MONSTROUS PICTURES OF WHALES
OF THE LESS ERRONEOUS PICTURES OF WHALES, AND THE TRUE PICTURES OFWHALING SCENES
OF WHALES IN PAINT; IN TEETH; IN WOOD; IN SHEET-IRON; IN STONE; INMOUNTAINS; IN STARS
BRIT
SQUID
THE LINE
STUBB KILLS A WHALE
THE DART
THE CROTCH
STUBB'S SUPPER
THE WHALE AS A DISH
THE SHARK MASSACRE
CUTTING IN
THE BLANKET
THE FUNERAL
THE SPHYNX
THE JEROBOAM'S STORY
THE MONKEY ROPE
STUBB AND FLASK KILL A RIGHT WHALE; AND THEN HAVE A TALK OVERHIM
THE SPERM WHALE'S HEAD — CONTRASTED VIEW
THE RIGHT WHALE'S HEAD — CONTRASTED VIEW
THE BATTERING-RAM
THE GREAT HEIDELBURGH TUN
CISTERN AND BUCKETS
THE PRAIRE
THE NUT
THE PEQUOD MEETS THE VIRGIN
THE HONOR AND GLORY OF WHALING
JONAH HISTORICALLY REGARDED
PITCHPOLING
THE FOUNTAIN
THE TAIL
THE GRAND ARMADA
SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS
FAST-FISH AND LOOSE-FISH
HEADS OR TAILS
THE PEQUOD MEETS THE ROSE-BUD
AMBERGRIS
THE CASTAWAY
A SQUEEZE OF THE HAND
THE CASSOCK
THE TRY-WORKS
THE LAMP
STOWING DOWN AND CLEARING UP
THE DOUBLOON
LEG AND ARM THE PEQUOD, OF NANTUCKET, MEETS THE SAMUEL ENDERBY, OFLONDON
THE DECANTER
A BOWER IN THE ARSACIDES
MEASUREMENT OF THE WHALE'S SKELETON
THE FOSSIL WHALE
DOES THE WHALE'S MAGNITUDE DIMINISH? — WILL HE PERISH?
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