Moby Dick

by Saddleback Educational Publishing (Adaptor), Herman Melville

Moby Dick is an exciting story about Captain Ahab's compelling obsession to get his revenge and defeat the Great White Whale. The story truly portrays the tragedy of hatred. This timeless epic is considered one of the strangest yet most powerful stories ever written.

These literary masterpieces are made easy and interesting. This series features classic tales retold with color illustrations to introduce literature to struggling readers. Each 64-page softcover book retains key phrases and quotations from the original classics.

Saddleback's Illustrated Classics. These literary masterpieces are made easy and interesting. This series features classic tales retold with color illustrations to introduce literature to struggling readers. Each 64-page softcover book retains key phrases and quotations from the original classics.

Genres: Classics

64 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[Hitesh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very nicely illustrated.

I think, I will read all the illustrated classics by Saddleback, before taking up the textual one.

Moby Dick is one man's obsession to hunt and kill a White Whale. One may call madness, but I was amazed at his persistence.

Loved it. Will read the complete book someday.

[Habiba♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

reader should read the unabridged version before reading this illustrated one,

[Christine Joy · Rating 3 out of 5]

An affectionate 3 stars. I've read better graphic novels, so I know that it's an effective and impactful way to portray a story. This felt pretty basic. Nothing exceptional stood out. The dialogue and narration text boxes were a little lazy. The art style was cool, but the adaptation didn't do it completely for me. It was a fun time for sure, though. And it piqued my interest even more to read the novel.

[Aiden · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought the book was a good read, if you don't read the whole unabridged original version, then it probably won't be a worthwhile read. It’s a tale about consideration and the repercussions of seeking vengeance. Captain Ahab forced his crew to help him kill a whale that took his leg, ending in half the crew being killed. Some good lessons were taught in this book and overall it was a good read.

[Angel · Rating 4 out of 5]

The madness of Captain Ahab was what I liked most bout this book, and I watched the movie. The gold coin, tempering a forged spear in blood, staying awake countless nights and days for vengeance. The tension between Ahab and a few of the crewmates grows over the days, as he gets more and more riled up hunting the whale. He believes it's his destiny to kill Moby dick, but in the end, the whale takes his life instead.

[Emma · Rating 2 out of 5]

Does it count to say that I read Moby Dick if I only read to page 300? This book is very long and very difficult to get through on your own. I would definitely be interested in taking a semester long course where all we do is focus on the multi-layered beauty of this novel, but to search through those layers on my own was daunting to me. Sometime I will have to try again.

Also, I loved the first 150 pages but then the narrators voice completely changed and lost some of its character in my opinion.

[Noah · Rating 3 out of 5]

In the beginning of this story it starts with a man who wants to become a sailor so he can travel the world. He finds a job whaling for captain Ahab, they would go out to sea for months and use the blubber from the whales to create oil. Little did he know that Ahab was in search for the great white whale Moby Dick. Moby Dick was the biggest whale Ahab had ever seen and had bitten off Ahab’s leg, little did he know that at the end of the book Moby Dick would be his demise and end up destroying his ship and killing him and some of his men.