In the Heart of the Sea

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Ishmael

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael

Ishmael (Hebrew: יִשְׁמָעֵאל,Modern Yishma'el,Tiberian Yišmāʻēl ISO 259-3,Yišmaˁel; Greek: ἸσμαήλIsmaēl; Arabic: إسماعيل‎ ʾIsmāʿīl;Latin: Ismael) is a figure in theTanakh and the Qur'an and was Abraham's first son according to Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Ishmael was born to Abraham and Sarah's handmaiden Hagar (Genesis 16:3). According to theGenesis account, he died at the age of 137

The Handmaid's Tale

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaid%27s_Tale

The Handmaid's Tale (1985) is a dystopian novel, a work ofspeculative fiction, byCanadian author Margaret Atwood. Set in the near future, in a totalitarianChristian theocracy which has overthrown the United Statesgovernment, The Handmaid's Tale explores themes of women in subjugation and the various means by which they gain agency. The novel's title was inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, which is a series of connected stories

Mobydick

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby-Dick

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale(1851) is a novel by Herman Melville considered an outstanding work ofRomanticism and theAmerican Renaissance. A sailor called Ishmael narrates the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, awhite whale which on a previous voyage destroyed Ahab's ship and severed his leg at the knee. Although the novel was a commercial failure and out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891, its reputation as aGreat American Novel grew during the 20th century.William Faulkner confessed he wished he had written it himself, and D. H. Lawrence called it "one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world", and "the greatest book of the sea ever written". "Call me Ishmael" is one of world literature's most famous opening sentences.

Herman Melville

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Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet from the American Renaissance period. Most of his writings were published between 1846 and 1857. Best known for his sea adventureTypee (1846) and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851), he was almost forgotten during the last thirty years of his life. Melville's writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. The main characteristic of his style is probably pervasive allusion, reflecting his written sources. Melville's way of adapting what he read for his own new purposes, scholar Stanley T. Williams wrote, "was a transforming power comparable to Shakespeare's".

Beowulf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf

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Haggis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haggis

Haggis is a savoury pudding containing sheep's pluck (heart, liver and lungs); minced with onion,oatmeal, suet, spices, andsalt, mixed with stock, traditionally encased in the animal's stomach^[1] though now often in an artificialcasing instead. According to the 2001 English edition of the Larousse Gastronomique: "Although its description is not immediately appealing, haggis has an excellent nutty texture and delicious savoury flavour".

Robert Burns

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burns

Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known as Rabbie Burns, theBard of Ayrshire and various other names,^{[nb 1]} was aScottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as thenational poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a light Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in these writings his political or civil commentary is often at its bluntest.

Naturalism

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