Herman Melville
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English
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Description
Aboard the Pequod, seventeen-year-old Ishmael arrives on the planet Cretacea to hunt down great ocean-dwelling beasts to harvest and send back to the resource-depleted Earth. But the ship's captain, Ahab, who lost his leg to the Great Terrafin years ago, is obsessed with hunting down the beast. The classic tale of Moby Dick as set in the future.
2) Billy Budd
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English
Description
A graphic novel adaptation of Herman Melville's "Billy Budd," which relates the hatred of petty officer Claggart for Billy, a handsome Spanish sailor, who strikes and kills Claggart and is condemned by Captain Vere even though the latter senses Billy's spiritual innocence.
3) Moby Dick
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English
Description
Retells in graphic novel format Melville's story about Captain Ahab's search for Moby Dick, the great white whale that crippled him.