Moby-dick, or the Whale (Northwestern-Newberry Editions of the Writings of Herman Melville)

by HermanMelville (Author), HershelParker (Introduction)

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  Paperback
  2001

  $20.25

  This edition of Moby-Dick , released in honour of the book's 150th anniversary, is the authoritative text of one of the world's great adventure stories. A crew of whalers set out in pursuit of a fierce white whale. Their names ring through the canon of American literature: Ishmael, the narrator; Queenqueg, a South Seas harpooner; Starbuck, the sober and serious chief mate; and above all Captain Ahab, part Faust and part Job, leading them to the ends of the earth - and the destiny he will share with his foe. In Moby-Dick , Melville set out to write a mighty book on a mighty theme . This text of Moby-Dick is an Approved Text of the Center for Scholarly Editions (Modern Language Association of America).