
Collana RAINBOWS - English Graded Readers
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Moby Dick, Herman Melville’s masterpiece, is considered one of the greatest novels in world literature. Ishmael, a simple sailor, relates his adventures on board an American whaling ship. Her gloomy but charismatic captain, Ahab, is a tortured soul – he is obsessed by the desire and determination to hunt a gigantic white whale that has taken off one of his legs. He wants to take revenge on the animal at any cost, indifferent to danger, weather conditions, the ship’s original mission, and the sailors’ lives.
The reader is enriched by stimulating in-depth analyses about racism, globalization, whales and whaling, and the main themes of the novel.
Teacher's Resources available online: Answer Key - Audioscripts - Key to Summing-up Activities.
Moby Dick, il capolavoro di Herman Melville, è considerato uno dei più grandi romanzi della letteratura mondiale. Narrato in prima persona da Ishmael, marinaio
su una baleniera americana, racconta il lungo viaggio alla caccia di Moby Dick, una gigantesca balena bianca.
Il veliero è guidato da Ahab, un cupo e tormentato capitano cui l’enorme animale marino aveva mozzato una gamba. Ahab vuole vendicarsi a tutti i costi, incurante dei pericoli che fa correre alla nave e ai suoi marinai.