MobyDick是一款名著阅读软件,小说《白鲸》是美国作家赫尔曼·麦尔维尔在1851年首次出版。这个故事告诉流浪的水手以实玛利和他的冒险航行whaleship廓德,由艾伯船长指挥。
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Moby-Dickisanovelfirstpublishedin1851byAmericanauthorHermanMelville.ThestorytellstheadventuresofthewanderingsailorIshmaelandhisvoyageonthewhaleshipPequod,commandedbyCaptainAhab.IshmaelsoonlearnsthatAhabseeksonespecificwhale,MobyDick,awhitespermwhaleoftremendoussizeandferocity.ComparativelyfewwhaleshipsknowofMobyDick,andfeweryethaveencounteredhim.Inapreviousencounter,thewhaledestroyedAhab'sboatandbitoffhisleg.Ahabintendstotakerevenge.
InMoby-Dick,Melvilleemploysstylizedlanguage,symbolism,andmetaphortoexplorenumerouscomplexthemes.Throughthemaincharacter'sjourney,theconceptsofclassandsocialstatus,goodandevil,andtheexistenceofgodsareallexaminedasIshmaelspeculatesuponhispersonalbeliefsandhisplaceintheuniverse.Thenarrator'sreflections,alongwithhisdescriptionsofasailor'slifeaboardawhalingship,arewovenintothenarrativealongwithShakespeareanliterarydevicessuchasstagedirections,extendedsoliloquiesandasides.
OftenconsideredtheembodimentofAmericanRomanticism,Moby-DickwasfirstpublishedbyRichardBentleyinLondononOctober18,1851inanexpurgatedthree-volumeeditiontitledTheWhale,andweekslaterasasinglevolume,byNewYorkCitypublisherHarperandBrothersasMoby-Dick;or,TheWhaleonNovember14,1851.ThefirstlineofChapterOne—"CallmeIshmael."—isoneofthemostfamousopeninglinesinAmericanliterature.Althoughthebookinitiallyreceivedmixedreviews,Moby-DickisnowconsideredoneofthegreatestnovelsintheEnglishlanguageandhassecuredMelville'splaceamongAmerica'sgreatestwriters.
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