| ISBN |
9780142437247 (paperback) |
| Name |
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 author. |
| Title |
Moby-Dick, or, The whale / Herman Melville ; introduction by Andrew Delbanco ; notes and explanatory commentary by Tom Quirk. |
| Published |
New York : Penguin Books, 2003. |
| ©1851 |
| Description |
li, 654 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [xxix]-xxx) |
| Summary |
Captain Ahab is an eerily compelling madman who focuses his distilled hatred and suffering (and that of generations before him) into the pursuit of a creature as vast, dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. More than just a novel of adventure, this is a haunting social commentary populated with some of the most enduring characters in literature. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour, Moby Dick is a profound and timeless inquiry into character, faith and the nature of perception. |
| Subjects |
Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. |
| Whaling ships -- Fiction |
| Ship captains -- Fiction |
| Mentally ill -- Fiction |
| Shipwrecks -- Fiction |
| Whaling -- Fiction |
| Sailors -- Fiction |
| Whales -- Fiction |
| Classical fiction |
| Genre |
Psychological fiction |
| Action and adventure fiction |
| Sea fiction |
| Other Names |
Quirk, Tom, 1946- writer of added commentary. |
| Series |
Penguin classics |
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