赫尔曼·梅尔维尔；白鲸记 英文原版 Alma Classics:Moby Dick Herman Melville

基本信息

By (author) Herman Melville

Format Paperback | 704 pages

Dimensions 128 x 198 x 43.18mm | 537g

Publication date 09 Jan 2018

Publisher Alma Books Ltd

Imprint Alma Classics

Publication City/Country Richmond, United Kingdom

Language English

Edition New edition

Edition Statement New

ISBN10 184749644X

ISBN13 9781847496447

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

内容简介

捕鲸船“裴廓德”号船长亚哈，在一次捕鲸过程中，被凶残聪明的白鲸莫比-迪克咬掉了一条腿，因此他满怀复仇之念，一心想追捕这条白鲸，竟至失去理性，变成一个独断独行的偏热症狂。他的船几乎兜遍了全世界，经历辗转，终于与莫比-迪克遭遇。经过三天追踪，他用鱼叉击中白鲸，但船被白鲸撞破，亚哈被鱼叉上的绳子缠住，带人海中。全船人落海，只有水手以实玛利（《圣经》中人名，意为被遗弃的人）一人得救，来向人们讲述这个故事。作者赋予莫比-迪克的白色象征天真无邪和恐怖，以白鲸象征善和恶的混合，这也是人世的基本状况。这部小说以充实的思想内容、史诗般的规模和成熟、深思性质的文笔，成为传世佳作。

When the young Ishmael gets on board Captain Ahab's whaling ship, little does he suspect that the mission on which he is about to embark is the fulfilment of his master's obsessive desire for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale who has already claimed countless human victims and destroyed many fleets. With some sinister crew members in their midst and the hazardous conditions of the sea to contend with, the expedition becomes increasingly dangerous the closer it gets to its quarry.

One of the great American novels, if not the greatest, Moby Dick epically combines rip-roaring adventure, a meticulously realistic portrayal of the whaling trade and a profound philosophical disquisition on the nature of good and evil.

作者简介

赫尔曼·梅尔维尔（1819-1891），19世纪美国最伟大的小说家、散文家和诗人之一，与纳撒尼尔·霍桑齐名，梅尔维尔身前没有引起应有的重视，在20世纪二十年代声名鹊起，被普遍认为是美国文学的巅峰人物之一。 英国作家毛姆认为他的《白鲸》是世界十大文学名著之一，其文学史地位更在马克·吐温等人之上。梅尔维尔也被誉为美国的“莎士比亚”。

Now considered one of America's greatest and most influential authors, Herman Melville (1819-1891) wrote novels, travel books and novellas inspired by his experiences in the merchant navy - with Moby Dick and Billy Budd generally regarded as his masterpieces.