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Moby-Dick by Herman. Melville (2016, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPan Macmillan

ISBN-101509826645

ISBN-139781509826643

eBay Product ID (ePID)219629539

Product Key Features

Book TitleMoby-Dick

Number of Pages768 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2016

TopicClassics, Sea Stories, Action & Adventure, Fantasy / Epic

GenreFiction

AuthorHerman. Melville

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight13.4 Oz

Item Length14.2 in

Item Width8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsMoby-Dick is, for me, the supreme American novel, the source and the inspiration of everything that follows in the American literary canon

Dewey Decimal813/.3

SynopsisHerman Melville's classic American novel in a gorgeous pocket-sized hardback, with an afterword by Nigel Cliff., Teeming with ideas and imagery, and with its extraordinary intensity sustained by mischievous irony and moments of exquisite beauty, Moby-Dick is both a great American epic and a profoundly imaginative literary creation. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an afterword by Nigel Cliff. On board the whaling ship Pequod a crew of wise men and fools, renegades and seeming phantoms is hurled through treacherous seas by crazed Captain Ahab, a man hell-bent on hunting down the mythic White Whale. Herman Melville transforms the little world of the whale ship into a crucible where mankind's fears, faith and frailties are pitted against a relentless fate., Herman Melville's classic American novelOn board the whaling ship Pequod a crew of wise men and fools, renegades and seeming phantoms is hurled through treacherous seas by a crazed captain hell-bent on hunting down the mythic White Whale. Melville transforms the little world of the whale-ship into a crucible where mankind's fears, faith and frailties are pitted against a relentless fate. Teeming with ideas and imagery, and with its extraordinary, compressed intensity sustained by mischievous irony and moments of exquisite beauty, Moby-Dick is both a great American epic and a most profoundly imaginative literary creation. With an afterword by Nigel Cliff., Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Teeming with ideas and imagery, and with its extraordinary intensity sustained by mischievous irony and moments of exquisite beauty, Moby-Dick is both a great American epic and a profoundly imaginative literary creation. This edition features an afterword by Nigel Cliff. On board the whaling ship Pequod a crew of wise men and fools, renegades and seeming phantoms is hurled through treacherous seas by crazed Captain Ahab, a man hell-bent on hunting down the mythic White Whale. Herman Melville transforms the little world of the whale ship into a crucible where mankind's fears, faith and frailties are pitted against a relentless fate.

LC Classification NumberPS2380