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ISBN13: 9780553213119 |
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"What's the use of elaborating what, in its very essence, is so short-lived as a modern book? Though I wrote the Gospels in this century, I should die in the gutter."
— Herman Melville, in a letter to
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1851
One hundred-fifty years have passed since Herman Melville wrote his masterpiece. Yet Moby-Dick endures as an indisputable literary classic that continues to speak to readers today. Join Captain Ahab, an eerily compelling madman, as he pursues an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. In his monomaniacal quest, Ahab focuses his distilled hatred and suffering — and that of generations before him — against one single creature, and pursues it relentlessly.
More than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopedia of whaling lore and legend, this is a haunting, mesmerizing, and important social commentary populated with several of the most unforgettable and enduring characters in literature. Written with wonderfully redemptive humor, Moby-Dick is a profound and timeless inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.
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_sophh, April 12, 2008 (view all comments by _sophh)
I, as a young teenager (fourteen to be exact); had to read a couple of Classic Novels of English Literate for year 9 English. This is one of the few books I picked to read. I found this book confusing as the language used; comparable to Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' language used as an omnious writer. At the beginning of the novel of Moby Dick, I must admit it seemed very confusing to a mind of a teenager, but throughout the plot (with some help with plot summaries online ;)) I managed to get through the novel and understand the meaning of the book - that it was not just a novel about a mad man hunting down a whale but much more!
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780553213119
- Editor:
- Walcutt, Charles Child
- Editor:
- Walcott, Charles C.
- Editor:
- Walcutt, Charles Child
- Author:
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Bantam Classics
- Location:
- Toronto
- Subject:
- Literary
- Subject:
- Fiction
- Subject:
- Classics
- Subject:
- American
- Subject:
- Novels and novellas
- Subject:
- Sea & Ocean
- Subject:
- Sea stories
- Subject:
- Ahab, Captain
- Subject:
- Whales and whaling
- Subject:
- Romance Norte Americano
- Copyright:
- 1967
- Edition Number:
- Bantam Classic ed.
- Edition Description:
- Bibliography: p. 593-594.
- Series:
- Bantam Classic
- Series Volume:
- 3457
- Publication Date:
- February 1981
- Binding:
- Mass Market Paperbound
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 670
- Dimensions:
- 6.97x4.26x1.13 in. .74 lbs.
