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Classic / British English Moby Dick is the most dangerous whale in the oceans. Captain Ahab fought him and lost a leg. Now he hates Moby Dick. He wants to kill him. But can Captain Ahab and his men find the great white whale? A young sailor, Ishmael, tells the story of their exciting and dangerous trip.

"A bálnavadászhajó és a fregatt volt az én Harvardom és Yale-em" - vallotta a skót-holland kereskedőcsalád sarja, Herman Melville, akinek apja tönkremenése és korai halála után kalandos ifjúság jutott osztályrészül: volt bolti segéd, banki alkalmazott, 18 éves korában hajósinasnak szegődött egy Angliába induló kereskedelmi hajóra, majd négy évvel később tengerésznek állt egy bálnavadászhajóra. Másfél év múlva megszökött, s végül az Egyesült Államok haditengerészetének kötelékébe lépett. Szolgálat közben minden szabadidejét olvasással töltötte, hazatérve kezdett írással foglalkozni. Az 1851-ben még The Whale - A bálna címen megjelent regénye, a Moby Dick, a bálnavadászat hőseposza prózában elbeszélve. Izgalmas kalandregény, egyszersmind mély bölcseleti mondanivaló hordozója: ember és természet drámai küzdelmének sokrétű szimbolikájú ábrázolása.

Life is a pic-nic en costume; one must take a part, assume a character, stand ready in a sensible way to play the fool'. In "The Confidence-Man", Melville's unnerving and hallucinatory satire on the American dream, a slippery trickster and master of disguise comes to swindle his fellow passengers - who themselves may also be con-men - aboard a Mississippi steamboat. "Billy Budd, Sailor", published after Melville's death in 1891, is a gripping allegory of good and evil, as an innocent man, pressed into service on a British man-of-war, is falsely accused of mutiny. Both these late works are animated with the dark genius of the greatest of American writers. This is the Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

The frail gunwales bent in, collapsed, and snapped, as both jaws, like an enormous shears, sliding further aft, bit the craft completely in twain...' "Moby-Dick" is one of the most expansive feats of imagination in the whole of literature: the mad, raging, Shakespearean tale of Captain Ahab's insane quest to kill a giant white whale that has taken his leg, and upon which he has sworn vengeance, at any cost. A creation unlike any other, this is an epic story of fatal monomania and the deepest dreams and obsessions of mankind. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

Nezvyčajná dráma, ktorá sa musí skončiť pre účastníkov tragicky. Krvilačná beštia, čo sa pohráva so všetkými loďami plávajúcimi okolo, aby smrteľne vystrašených námorníkov napokon zhltla vo svojej obrovskej papuli. Veria tomu všetci námorníci veľrybárskych lodí v blízkom okolí, rozprávajúc si hrôzostrašné detaily zo stretnutia s ňou. Nazývajú ju Moby Dick a veria, že je stelesneným diablom. Kapitán lode Peguod, námorníkmi prezývaný Hromovládca, sa s ňou stretol tiež a vyzval ju na boj na život a na smrť. Námorníci mu musia obetovať pred plavbou na jeho lodi svoje duše. Prenasledovanie sa začína.

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback "Clothbound Classics" series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. In Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick", Captain Ahab is an eerily compelling madman who focuses his distilled hatred and suffering (and that of generations before him) into the pursuit of a creature as vast, dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. More than just a novel of adventure, this is a haunting social commentary populated with some of the most enduring characters in literature. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour, "Moby Dick" is a profound and timeless inquiry into character, faith and the nature of perception.

From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers--featuring cover art by Jessica Hische It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet. In a design collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, the series features unique cover art by Hische, a superstar in the world of type design and illustration, whose work has appeared everywhere from Tiffany & Co. to Wes Anderson's recent film "Moonrise Kingdom" to Penguin's own bestsellers "Committed "and "Rules of Civility." With exclusive designs that have never before appeared on Hische's hugely popular Daily Drop Cap blog, the Penguin Drop Caps series debuted with an 'A' for Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," a 'B' for Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre," and a 'C' for Willa Cather's "My Antonia." It continues with more perennial classics, perfect to give as elegant gifts or to showcase on your own shelves. M is for Melville, who wrote of his masterpiece, "It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar wind blows through it, and birds of prey hover over it." In part, "Moby-Dick" is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopedia of whaling lore and legend, "Moby-Dick "is a haunting, mesmerizing, and important social commentary populated with several of the most unforgettable and enduring characters in literature. Written with wonderfully redemptive humor, "Moby-Dick" is a profound and timeless inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.

Bílá velryba by mohla být obyčejným dobrodružným popisem velrybářské výpravy. Jde ovšem také o fenomenální příběh věčného boje člověka s přírodou a zamyšlení nad smyslem liského života. Kniha patří mezi nejvznamnější díla americké literatury.

Macmillan Readers Moby Dick Upper Intermediate Reader

Moby Dick is the most dangerous whale in the oceans. Captain Ahab fought him and lost a leg. Now he hates Moby Dick. He wants to kill him. But can Captain Ahab and his men find the great white whale? A young sailor, Ishmael, tells the story of their exciting and dangerous trip.

Dobrodružný příběh dvou mladých námořníků, kteří nechtějí snášet kruté podmínky a surové zacházení, a proto uprchnou z velrybářské lodi. Na tropickém ostrově Nuku Hiva v souostroví Markézy je zajme kmen lidojedů. V prostředí naprosto odlišné kultury a zvyků musí oba muži bojovat o holý život.

Male, female, deft, fraudulent, constantly shifting: which of the `masquerade' of passengers on the Mississippi steamboat Fidle is `the confidence man'? The central motif of Melville's last and most `modern' novel can be seen as a symbol of American cultural history.