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Moby Dick var fimmta skáldsaga Hermans Melville og kom út árið 1851. Bókin vakti þá litla athygli og meðan Melville lifði seldist hún ekki nema í um 3200 eintökum. En í upphafi tuttugustu aldarinnar fóru menn að gefa henni meiri gaum og þá var farið að tala um hana sem hina stóru amerísku skáldsögu sem allar aðrar miðuðu sig við. Víst er um það að höfundar á borð við William Faulkner og D. H. Lawrence áttu vart orð til að lýsa gæðum hennar. Faulkner sagði eitt sinn að hann óskaði þess að hann sjálfur hefði skrifað hana og Lawrence sagði hana vera undarlegustu en jafnframt dásamlegustu sjósögu sem nokkru sinni hefði verið skrifuð.
Í sögunni lýsir sjómaðurinn Ishmael áráttu Ahabs skipstjóra á hvalskipinu Pequod að ráða niðurlögum hvíta hvalsins stóra sem hann kallar Moby Dick, en sá hvalur hafði áður sökkt skipi hans og tekið fót hans frá hné.
Það tók Melville eitt og hálft ár að skrifa söguna og hann tileinkaði hana vini sínum Nathaniel Hawthorne. Menn eru ekki á eitt sáttir um í hverju styrkur sögunnar er fólginn en eru sammála um að sagan búi yfir dýpri merkingu undir niðri; að glíma Ahabs við hvalinn stóra sé í raun glíma mannsins við hið óþekkta sem bíður hans og hið óþekkta í honum sjálfum.
Stewart Wills les á ensku.
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Etymology
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Extracts
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Chapter 001
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Chapter 002
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Chapter 003
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Chapter 004
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Chapter 005
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Chapter 006
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05:31
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Chapter 007
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06:28
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Chapter 008
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06:02
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Chapter 009
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23:08
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Chapter 010
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Chapter 011
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Chapter 012
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Chapter 013
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Chapter 014
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Chapter 015
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Chapter 016
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Chapter 017
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Chapter 018
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08:59
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Chapter 019
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Chapter 020
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Chapter 021
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06:52
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Chapter 022
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Chapter 023
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Chapter 024
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Chapter 025
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Chapter 026
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Chapter 027
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Chapter 028
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Chapter 029
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Chapter 030
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Chapter 031
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Chapter 032
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Chapter 033
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Chapter 034
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Chapter 035
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Chapter 036
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Chapter 037
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Chapter 038
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Chapter 039
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Chapter 040
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Chapter 041
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Chapter 042
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Chapter 043
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Chapter 044
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Chapter 045
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Chapter 046
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Chapter 047
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Chapter 048
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Chapter 049
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Chapter 050
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Chapter 051
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Chapter 052
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Chapter 053
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Chapter 054
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Chapter 055
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Chapter 056
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Chapter 057
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Chapter 058
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Chapter 059
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Chapter 060
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Chapter 061
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13:55
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Chapter 062
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Chapter 063
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Chapter 064
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Chapter 065
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Chapter 066
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Chapter 067
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Chapter 068
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Chapter 069
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Chapter 070
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Chapter 071
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Chapter 072
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Chapter 073
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Chapter 074
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Chapter 075
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Chapter 076
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Chapter 077
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Chapter 078
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Chapter 079
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Chapter 080
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Chapter 081
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Chapter 082
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Chapter 083
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Chapter 084
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Chapter 085
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Chapter 086
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Chapter 087
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Chapter 088
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Chapter 089
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Chapter 090
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Chapter 091
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Chapter 092
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Chapter 093
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Chapter 094
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Chapter 095
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Chapter 096
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Chapter 097
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Chapter 098
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Chapter 099
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Chapter 100
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Chapter 101
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Chapter 102
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Chapter 103
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Chapter 104
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Chapter 105
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Chapter 106
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Chapter 107
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Chapter 108
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Chapter 109
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Chapter 110
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Chapter 111
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Chapter 112
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Chapter 113
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Chapter 114
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Chapter 115
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Chapter 116
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Chapter 117
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Chapter 118
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Chapter 119
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Chapter 120
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Chapter 121
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Chapter 122
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Chapter 123
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Chapter 124
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Chapter 125
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Chapter 126
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Chapter 127
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Chapter 128
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Chapter 129
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Chapter 130
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Chapter 131
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Chapter 132
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Chapter 133
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Chapter 134
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Chapter 135
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Chapter 136
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