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Moby Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville (Paperback, 2003)

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Moby Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville 

Herman Melville's masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read

Over a century and a half after its publication, Moby-Dick still stands as an indisputable literary classic. It is 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 encyclopedia of whaling lore and legend, Moby-Dick is a haunting, mesmerizing, and important social commentary populated with several of the most unforgettable and enduring characters in literature.

Never losing its cultural prescence, Melville's nautical epic has inspired many films over the years, including the film adaptation of Nathanael Philbrick's In the Heart of the Sea, starring Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Ben Wishaw, and Brendan Gleeson, and directed by Ron Howard.

Written with wonderfully redemptive humor, Moby-Dick is a profound and timeless inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception. This Penguin Classics edition, featuring an introduction by Andrew Delbanco and notes by Tom Quirk, prints the Northwestern-Newberry edition of Melville's text, approved by the Center for Scholarly Editions and the Center for Editions of American Authors of the MLA.

 

Format: Paperback | 720 pages

Dimensions (cm): 19.7 x 12.8 x 2.8 | 590g

Publication Date: 21 Feb 2003

Publisher: Penguin Books

Publication City/Country: New York, United States

Language: English

ISBN10: 0142437247

ISBN13: 9780142437247

 

Condition: Good

A vintage book that has been read but is in good condition. Some minor, but obvious, damage to the cover including scuff marks along the edges, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with obvious creasing but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.

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