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Ismaël est attiré par la mer et le grand large. Il décide alors de partir à la chasse à la baleine et embarque sur le Pequod, un baleinier commandé par le capitaine Achab. Mais Ismaël s’aperçoit que le bateau ne chasse pas uniquement pour alimenter le marché de la baleine. Achab est à la recherche de Moby Dick, un cachalot blanc d'une taille impressionnante et particulièrement féroce qui par le passé lui a arraché une jambe. Achab emmène son équipage dans un périple autour du monde à la poursuite du cachalot dont il a juré de se venger. Le Pequod finira par sombrer au large des îles Gilbert en laissant Ismaël seul survivant, flottant sur un cercueil…
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Herman Melville
Author · 76 books
There is more than one author with this name Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His first two books gained much attention, though they were not bestsellers, and his popularity declined precipitously only a few years later. By the time of his death he had been almost completely forgotten, but his longest novel, Moby Dick—largely considered a failure during his lifetime, and most responsible for Melville's fall from favor with the reading public—was rediscovered in the 20th century as one of the chief literary masterpieces of both American and world literature.
