The narrator of this novel tells two Spanish Dons a story about a man named Radney who goads his subordinate Steelkilt into a violent rebellion.
The narrator of this novel tells two Spanish Dons a story about a man named Radney who goads his subordinate Steelkilt into a violent rebellion. A character in this novel howls "Ego non baptizo te in nomine patris, sed in nomine diaboli!" while tempering a weapon with blood instead of water. Earlier in this novel, that character compares "all visible objects" to "pasteboard masks" and declares "if man will strike, strike through the mask!" After finishing this novel, its author wrote a letter saying "I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the lamb." Another character in this novel muses "I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it (*) laughing." Its protagonist wonders "Is it I, God, or who, that lifts this arm?" in its chapter "The Symphony," after refusing to help the Rachel search for a lost child. This novel ends with three chapters called "The Chase," in which its protagonist is last seen yelling "from hell's heart I stab at thee!" For 10 points, name this novel whose title character is hunted by Captain Ahab.
The narrator of this novel tells two Spanish Dons a story about a man named Radney who goads his subordinate Steelkilt into a violent rebellion.
Moby-Dick, or the Whale