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Moby Dick by Herman Melville (Paperback, 1992)

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'Moby Dick' is the story of Captain Ahab's quest to avenge the whale that 'reaped' his leg. But it is also a hymn to democracy. Bent as the crew is on Ahab's appalling crusade, it is equally the image of a co-operative community at work: all hands dependent on all hands, each individual responsible for the security of each.

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With an Introduction and Notes by David Herd, Lecturer in English and American Literature at the University of Kent at Canterbury and co-editor of 'Poetry Review'. 'Moby Dick' is the story of Captain Ahab's quest to avenge the whale that 'reaped' his leg. The quest is an obsession and the novel is a diabolical study of how a man becomes a fanatic. But it is also a hymn to democracy. Bent as the crew is on Ahab's appalling crusade, it is equally the image of a co-operative community at work: all hands dependent on all hands, each individual responsible for the security of each. Among the crew is Ishmael, the novel's narrator, ordinary sailor, and extraordinary reader. Digressive, allusive, vulgar, transcendent, the story Ishmael tells is above all an education: in the practice of whaling, in the art of writing. Expanding to equal his 'mighty theme' not only the whale but all things sublime Melville breathes in the world's great literature. Moby Dick is the greatest novel ever written by an American. AUTHOR: The writing career of Herman Melville (1819 1891) peaked early, with his early novels, such as 'Typee' becoming best sellers. By the mid-1850s his popularity declined sharply, and by the time he died he had been largely forgotten. Yet in time his novel 'Moby Dick' came to be regarded as one of the finest works of American, and indeed world, literature, as was 'Billy Budd', which was not published until long after his death, in 1924.

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Publisher
Wordsworth Editions LTD
ISBN-13
9781853260087
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92093081

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Book Title
Moby Dick
Author
Herman Melville
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
1992
Number of Pages
544 Pages

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198mm
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
336g

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Title_Author
Herman Melville
Series Title
Wordsworth Classics
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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5 out of 5 stars
by alvarogois09 Aug, 2018
If you need a lightweight and complete Moby Dick edition, this is it
It's a classic. This edition is full of notes, follows the original American edition, which is different from the English version. Though Moby Dick is a long book, this is a very “portable” edition, not too heavy nor bulky. I love it.
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5 out of 5 stars
by milesy89201219 May, 2017
Excellent
Very happy with my purchase, delivery was very quick thank you, cannot wait to read it, very good quality
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by scotlandcc12 Sep, 2019
Not much better
It's a book that has been around for a very longtime and no matter what age it's a great read
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5 out of 5 stars
by juliabils2327 Jan, 2021
Good read apparently
Was a gift, and they liked it as always wanted to read it , good quality and arrived very fast
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5 out of 5 stars
by medsy115 Aug, 2018
Classic
Excellent story, you won't put the book down until you finish it. A book you can read over & over again.
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