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Moby Dick Easy English Edition for Beginners. A1-A2: Learn English through Classic Stories – Graded Reader Level A1-A2
Moby Dick for English Students. Level A1. Based on the book Moby Dick by Herman Melville.
This edition is not a translation of the work; it is a re-writing with some parts added or omitted, dispensing with many of the characters and situations found in the original novel, and adapted for learning English in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), Level A1, Beginners.
Step aboard the Pequod and join Captain Ahab on the ultimate seafaring adventure in Herman Melville's "Moby Dick." This classic tale isn't your typical fishing trip; it's a white-knuckle, whale-chasing, sea-crazy journey that'll make you think twice about signing up for the maritime life. Picture a massive albino whale named Moby Dick and a vengeful captain with a peg leg, hell-bent on revenge. It's a nautical saga filled with salty characters, harpoons, and enough oceanic drama to make even the bravest sailor shiver in their sea boots. So, grab your compass, brush up on your maritime lingo, and set sail into the heart of the great white whale's watery domain. "Moby Dick" isn't just a novel; it's a literary storm at sea that'll leave you breathless and pondering the mysteries of the deep.
This edition is not a translation of the work; it is a re-writing with some parts added or omitted, dispensing with many of the characters and situations found in the original novel, and adapted for learning English in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), Level A1, Beginners.
Step aboard the Pequod and join Captain Ahab on the ultimate seafaring adventure in Herman Melville's "Moby Dick." This classic tale isn't your typical fishing trip; it's a white-knuckle, whale-chasing, sea-crazy journey that'll make you think twice about signing up for the maritime life. Picture a massive albino whale named Moby Dick and a vengeful captain with a peg leg, hell-bent on revenge. It's a nautical saga filled with salty characters, harpoons, and enough oceanic drama to make even the bravest sailor shiver in their sea boots. So, grab your compass, brush up on your maritime lingo, and set sail into the heart of the great white whale's watery domain. "Moby Dick" isn't just a novel; it's a literary storm at sea that'll leave you breathless and pondering the mysteries of the deep.
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Published November 28, 2023
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Herman Melville
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Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella. At the time of his death, Melville was no longer well known to the public, but the 1919 centennial of his birth was the starting point of a Melville revival. Moby-Dick eventually would be considered one of the great American novels.
Melville was born in New York City, the third child of a prosperous merchant whose death in 1832 left the family in dire financial straits. He took to sea in 1839 as a common sailor on a merchant ship and then on the whaler Acushnet, but he jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands. Typee, his first book, and its sequel, Omoo (1847), were travel-adventures based on his encounters with the peoples of the islands. Their success gave him the financial security to marry Elizabeth Shaw, the daughter of the Boston jurist Lemuel Shaw. Mardi (1849), a romance-adventure and his first book not based on his own experience, was not well received. Redburn (1849) and White-Jacket (1850), both tales based on his experience as a well-born young man at sea, were given respectable reviews, but did not sell well enough to support his expanding family.
Melville's growing literary ambition showed in Moby-Dick (1851), which took nearly a year and a half to write, but it did not find an audience, and critics scorned his psychological novel Pierre: or, The Ambiguities (1852). From 1853 to 1856, Melville published short fiction in magazines, including "Benito Cereno" and "Bartleby, the Scrivener". In 1857, he traveled to England, toured the Near East, and published his last work of prose, The Confidence-Man (1857). He moved to New York in 1863, eventually taking a position as a United States customs inspector.
From that point, Melville focused his creative powers on poetry. Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War (1866) was his poetic reflection on the moral questions of the American Civil War. In 1867, his eldest child Malcolm died at home from a self-inflicted gunshot. Melville's metaphysical epic Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land was published in 1876. In 1886, his other son Stanwix died of apparent tuberculosis, and Melville retired. During his last years, he privately published two volumes of poetry, and left one volume unpublished. The novella Billy Budd was left unfinished at his death, but was published posthumously in 1924. Melville died from cardiovascular disease in 1891.
Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella. At the time of his death, Melville was no longer well known to the public, but the 1919 centennial of his birth was the starting point of a Melville revival. Moby-Dick eventually would be considered one of the great American novels.
Melville was born in New York City, the third child of a prosperous merchant whose death in 1832 left the family in dire financial straits. He took to sea in 1839 as a common sailor on a merchant ship and then on the whaler Acushnet, but he jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands. Typee, his first book, and its sequel, Omoo (1847), were travel-adventures based on his encounters with the peoples of the islands. Their success gave him the financial security to marry Elizabeth Shaw, the daughter of the Boston jurist Lemuel Shaw. Mardi (1849), a romance-adventure and his first book not based on his own experience, was not well received. Redburn (1849) and White-Jacket (1850), both tales based on his experience as a well-born young man at sea, were given respectable reviews, but did not sell well enough to support his expanding family.
Melville's growing literary ambition showed in Moby-Dick (1851), which took nearly a year and a half to write, but it did not find an audience, and critics scorned his psychological novel Pierre: or, The Ambiguities (1852). From 1853 to 1856, Melville published short fiction in magazines, including "Benito Cereno" and "Bartleby, the Scrivener". In 1857, he traveled to England, toured the Near East, and published his last work of prose, The Confidence-Man (1857). He moved to New York in 1863, eventually taking a position as a United States customs inspector.
From that point, Melville focused his creative powers on poetry. Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War (1866) was his poetic reflection on the moral questions of the American Civil War. In 1867, his eldest child Malcolm died at home from a self-inflicted gunshot. Melville's metaphysical epic Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land was published in 1876. In 1886, his other son Stanwix died of apparent tuberculosis, and Melville retired. During his last years, he privately published two volumes of poetry, and left one volume unpublished. The novella Billy Budd was left unfinished at his death, but was published posthumously in 1924. Melville died from cardiovascular disease in 1891.
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