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

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 LowsonRead More

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    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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    It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar wind blows through it and birds of prey hover over it." So Melville wrote of his masterpiece one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. In part "Moby-Dick" 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 encyclopaedia of whaling lore and legend the book can be seen as part of its author's lifelong meditation on America. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour "Moby-Dick" is also a profound inquiry into character faith and the nature of perception.

  • 0140620621
  • 9780140620627
  • Herman Melville
  • 25 January 2007
  • Penguin Classics
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 544
  • New Ed
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