Moby Dick: Or, the Whale (Penguin Popular Classics)

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  • Author : Herman Melville
  • Binding : Paperback
  • EAN : 9780140620627
  • Edition : New Ed
  • Is Adult Product? : No
  • ISBN : 0140620621
  • Label : Penguin Classics
  • Languages : Original Language: English, Published: English
  • Manufacturer : Penguin Classics
  • Number Of Pages : 544
  • Package Dimensions : 1.02 inches (Height) x 7.09 inches (Length) x 0.62 pounds (Weight) x 4.33 inches (Width)
  • Product Group : Book
  • Publication Date : 2007-01-25
  • Publisher : Penguin Classics
  • SKU : 2151818995
  • Studio : Penguin Classics

Tells the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopaedia of whaling lore and legend, this book can be seen as part of its author's lifelong meditation on America.

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Arguably Herman Melville's greatest work, and hailed as a classic American novel, Moby Dick tells the tale of one man's fatal obsession and his willingness to sacrifice his life and that of his crew to achieve his goal. The story follows the fortunes of Captain Ahab and the culturally and spiritually diverse crew of the Pequod, a 19th century whaling ship. The Pequod is on its last voyage out of New Bedford, Mass, in pursuit of Moby Dick, the great white whale which has been Ahab's obsessional quarry and bitter adversary for many years. Narrated by sole survivor Ishmael, the tale forms a complex fictional fusion, combining a wealth of literary symbolism, hidden meaning and philosophical debate with adventure narrative and a detailed historical account of the 19th century whaling trade. --Emily Lowson

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