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Moby-Dick

or, The Whale

Introduction by Larzer Ziff

By Herman Melville
Introduction by Elizabeth Hardwick and Rockwell Kent

By Herman Melville
Introduction by Elizabeth Hardwick and Rockwell Kent

By Herman Melville

By Herman Melville

By Herman Melville
Introduction by Larzer Ziff

By Herman Melville
Introduction by Larzer Ziff

By Herman Melville

By Herman Melville

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Part of Modern Library Classics

Part of Everyman's Library Classics Series

Paperback $16.00

Oct 10, 2000 | ISBN 9780679783275

Mass Market Paperback $5.95

Feb 01, 1981 | ISBN 9780553213119

Hardcover $32.00

Nov 26, 1991 | ISBN 9780679405597

Ebook $1.99

Nov 04, 2003 | ISBN 9780553898101

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    About Moby-Dick

    Introduction by Elizabeth Hardwick
    Illustrations by Rockwell Kent

    Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

    First published in 1851, Herman Melville’s masterpiece is, in Elizabeth Hardwick’s words, “the greatest novel in American literature.” The saga of Captain Ahab and his monomaniacal pursuit of the white whale remains a peerless adventure story but one full of mythic grandeur, poetic majesty, and symbolic power. Filtered through the consciousness of the novel’s narrator, Ishmael, Moby-Dick draws us into a universe full of fascinating characters and stories, from the noble cannibal Queequeg to the natural history of whales, while reaching existential depths that excite debate and contemplation to this day.

    About Moby-Dick

    Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

    First published in 1851, Herman Melville’s masterpiece is, in Elizabeth Hardwick’s words, “the greatest novel in American literature.” The saga of Captain Ahab and his monomaniacal pursuit of the white whale remains a peerless adventure story but one full of mythic grandeur, poetic majesty, and symbolic power. Filtered through the consciousness of the novel’s narrator, Ishmael, Moby-Dick draws us into a universe full of fascinating characters and stories, from the noble cannibal Queequeg to the natural history of whales, while reaching existential depths that excite debate and contemplation to this day.

    About Moby-Dick

    “As a revelation of human destiny it is too deep even for sorrow”, was how D.H. Lawrence characterized MOBY-DICK. Published in the same five-year span as The Scarlet Letter, Walden, and Leaves of Grass, this great adventure of the sea and the life of the soul is the ultimate achievement of that stunning period in American letters.

    About Moby-Dick

    Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

    First published in 1851, Herman Melville’s masterpiece is, in Elizabeth Hardwick’s words, “the greatest novel in American literature.” The saga of Captain Ahab and his monomaniacal pursuit of the white whale remains a peerless adventure story but one full of mythic grandeur, poetic majesty, and symbolic power. Filtered through the consciousness of the novel’s narrator, Ishmael, Moby-Dick draws us into a universe full of fascinating characters and stories, from the noble cannibal Queequeg to the natural history of whales, while reaching existential depths that excite debate and contemplation to this day.

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    About Herman Melville

    Herman Melville was born in New York City in 1819. When his father died, he was forced to leave school and find work. After passing through some minor clerical jobs, the eighteen-year-old young man shipped out to sea, first on… More about Herman Melville

    About Herman Melville

    Herman Melville was born in New York City in 1819. When his father died, he was forced to leave school and find work. After passing through some minor clerical jobs, the eighteen-year-old young man shipped out to sea, first on… More about Herman Melville

    About Herman Melville

    Herman Melville was born in New York City in 1819. When his father died, he was forced to leave school and find work. After passing through some minor clerical jobs, the eighteen-year-old young man shipped out to sea, first on… More about Herman Melville

    About Herman Melville

    Herman Melville was born in New York City in 1819. When his father died, he was forced to leave school and find work. After passing through some minor clerical jobs, the eighteen-year-old young man shipped out to sea, first on… More about Herman Melville

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Modern Library
    Oct 10, 2000 | 896 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679783275

    Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

    Mass Market Paperback | $5.95
    Published by Bantam Classics
    Feb 01, 1981 | 704 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780553213119

    Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

    Hardcover | $32.00
    Published by Everyman’s Library
    Nov 26, 1991 | 632 Pages | 5 x 8 | ISBN 9780679405597

    Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $1.99
    Published by Bantam Classics
    Nov 04, 2003 | 704 Pages | ISBN 9780553898101
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