This work begins by investigating the etymology of a word with a silent h, which may be cognate to a Scandinavian word for "roundness" and/or a German verb meaning "to roll." The narrator of this work listens to Father Mapple's sermon after meeting up with a "clean, comely-looking cannibal" in New Bedford. Its narrator is saved by the Rachel while floating on Queequeg's coffin as the only survivor from the Pequod. For 10 points, "Call me Ishmael" is the first sentence of
This work begins by investigating the etymology of a word with a silent h, which may be cognate to a Scandinavian word for "roundness" and/or a German verb meaning "to roll." The narrator of this work listens to Father Mapple's sermon after meeting up with a "clean, comely-looking cannibal" in New Bedford. Its narrator is saved by the Rachel while floating on Queequeg's coffin as the only survivor from the Pequod. For 10 points, "Call me Ishmael" is the first sentence of what Herman Melville novel about Captain Ahab's hunt for a white whale?
This work begins by investigating the etymology of a word with a silent h, which may be cognate to a Scandinavian word for "roundness" and/or a German verb meaning "to roll.
Moby-Dick; or, the Whale