Moby-Dick

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Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf novel
gptkbp:adaptation musical
film
ballet
opera
video game
graphic novel
theatre
documentary
radio drama
gptkbp:author gptkb:Herman_Melville
gptkbp:character gptkb:Captain_Ahab
Ishmael
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:critical_reception initially mixed
now considered a classic
gptkbp:cultural_impact inspired numerous adaptations
influenced art and literature
featured in popular culture
subject of academic study
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Pierre;_or,_The_Ambiguities
gptkbp:genre epic
adventure fiction
whaling novel
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Moby-Dick
gptkbp:influence modernist literature
American_literature
gptkbp:ISBN 978-0-14-243724-7
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:narrativeStyle first-person
omniscient
gptkbp:notableQuote From hell's heart I stab at thee.
I am a part of all that I have met.
The sea is a mysterious place.
Call_me_Ishmael.
A_whale_ship_was_my_Yale_College_and_my_Harvard.
gptkbp:pageCount 635
gptkbp:precededBy Typee
gptkbp:publishedBy 1851
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Harper_&_Brothers
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
whaling_ship_Pequod
gptkbp:symbol Pequod
white whale
gptkbp:theme nature
fate
obsession
revenge