Whale (Selected Works for Young Readers in the World) ((Selected Works for Young Readers in the World))

Author: Herman Melville
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: World Children's Literature Selection. Compiled according to the new curriculum standards for primary and secondary schools, this is an authoritative reading book for students, with the largest circulation of juvenile versions of classic works in the global Chinese-speaking regions. The infamous white whale Moby Dick often wreaks havoc at sea, taking the lives of countless whalers. Captain Ahab was also bitten off one leg during a whaling expedition, and from then on, he vowed to kill the white whale at all costs. His stubbornness ultimately led himself and his crew to destruction. However, this character also embodies a valuable spirit of pioneering and daring adventure.