Moby-Dick: or, The Whale - Penguin Clothbound Classics (Hardback)
Herman Melville (author), Andrew Delbanco (author of introduction)- In stock online
In Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, 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.
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.View other titles in Penguin’s Clothbound Classics Collection.
Herman Melville is now regarded as one of America's greatest novelists. Much of the material for his novels was drawn from his own experience as a seaman aboard whaling ships. He wrote his masterpiece Moby-Dick in 1851, and died in 1891.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780141199603
Number of pages: 720
Weight: 845 g
Dimensions: 204 x 138 x 46 mm
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