Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Moby-Dick;_or,_The_Whale
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:novel
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:Moby_Dick_(1930_film)
gptkb:Moby_Dick_(1956_film)
gptkb:Moby_Dick_(opera)
gptkbp:author gptkb:Herman_Melville
gptkbp:awards None at time of publication
gptkbp:book PS2384 .M6
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:criticalReception mixed at publication, later acclaimed as a classic
gptkbp:deweyDecimal 813.3
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Pierre:_or,_The_Ambiguities
gptkbp:form prose
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poetry
adventure fiction
sea story
gptkbp:hasPart gptkb:Extracts_(Supplied_by_a_Sub-Sub-Librarian)
Epilogue
Chapters 1–135
Etymology
gptkbp:illustrator gptkb:Rockwell_Kent
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:American_literature
gptkbp:inspiredBy Mocha Dick (real whale)
the sinking of the whaleship Essex
gptkbp:ISBN 978-0-14-243724-7
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:literaryPeriod gptkb:American_Renaissance
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Captain_Ahab
gptkb:Moby_Dick
gptkb:Queequeg
gptkb:Starbuck
gptkb:Ishmael
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:print
gptkbp:notableQuote Call me Ishmael.
gptkbp:OCLC 3205196
gptkbp:openToPublic true
gptkbp:pages 635
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:White-Jacket
gptkbp:publicationDate 1851
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Harper_&_Brothers
gptkbp:releaseDate gptkb:London
gptkb:New_York
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:subject fate
revenge
whaling
good and evil
obsession
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Moby-Dick
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
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