Moby-dick, or the Whale Paperback / softback
by Herman Melville
Part of the Northwestern-Newberry Editions of the Writings of Herman Melville series
Paperback / softback
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This edition of ""Moby-Dick"", released in honour of the book's 150th anniversary, is the authoritative text of one of the world's great adventure stories.
A crew of whalers set out in pursuit of a fierce white whale.
Their names ring through the canon of American literature: Ishmael, the narrator; Queenqueg, a South Seas harpooner; Starbuck, the sober and serious chief mate; and above all Captain Ahab, part Faust and part Job, leading them to the ends of the earth - and the destiny he will share with his foe.
In ""Moby-Dick"", Melville set out to write ""a mighty book"" on a ""mighty theme"".
This text of ""Moby-Dick"" is an Approved Text of the Center for Scholarly Editions (Modern Language Association of America).
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:608 pages
- Publisher:Northwestern University Press
- Publication Date:30/09/2001
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- ISBN:9780810119116
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:608 pages
- Publisher:Northwestern University Press
- Publication Date:30/09/2001
- Category:
- ISBN:9780810119116