Classic novel which was a failure when published in 1851 and out of print when the author died in 1891 (4,4) |
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What is Herman Melville's best-known work? (4,4) |
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1956 adventure drama film about a whale (4,4) |
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Herman Melville's white whale |
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Melville novel of white whale (4,4) |
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Book gang detective discovered (4,4) |
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1851 novel by Herman Melville |
Mirror Quiz |
12 Sep 2024 |
The detective following the doctor and heartless boy is a classic (4,4) |
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Dreadful body Mick discovered in big whale (4,4) |
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Melville's whale (2 wds.) |
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Novel object of obsession by detective beset by ridicule |
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A whale of a book |
The Guardian Cryptic |
03 Jan 2022 |
Huge white beast, Michael covers hideous body |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Sep 2020 |
Ahab's nemesis |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Sep 2020 |
Melville novel |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Aug 2018 |
2011 miniseries about a whale hunt in which Gillian Anderson (birthday today) played Captain Ahab's wife: 2 wds. |
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Ahab's obsession |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Aug 2016 |
*"Nightgown" |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jun 2015 |
*"Nightgown" |
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It begins, "Call me Ishmael." |
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Peck movie of 1956 or 1998 |
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U.S. novel published on 11/14/1851 |
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U.S. novel published on 11/14/1851 |
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Ahab's obsession |
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Melville classic |
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"CALL ME ISHMAEL" |
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Masterpiece |
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