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Moby Dick (Norton Critical Editions) Book

Arguably Herman Melville's greatest work, and hailed as a classic American novel, Moby Dick tells the tale of one man's fatal obsession and his willingness to sacrifice his life and that of his crew to achieve his goal. The story follows the fortunes of Captain Ahab and the culturally and spiritually diverse crew of the Pequod, a 19th century whaling ship. The Pequod is on its last voyage out of New Bedford, Mass, in pursuit of Moby Dick, the great white whale which has been Ahab's obsessional quarry and bitter adversary for many years. Narrated by sole survivor Ishmael, the tale forms a complex fictional fusion, combining a wealth of literary symbolism, hidden meaning and philosophical debate with adventure narrative and a detailed historical account of the 19th century whaling trade. --Emily LowsonRead More

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  • Amazon

    Footnoted to include dozens of biographical discoveries, this second edition introduces a new section that documents the ferocity of religious, political and sexual hostility toward Herman Melville. The work also discusses what 'Moby-Dick' cost Melville and his family.

  • Blackwell

    For this Sesquicentennial Norton Critical Edition, the Northwestern-Newberry text of Moby-Dick has been generously footnoted to include dozens of biographical discoveries, mainly from Hershel Parker's work on his two-volume biography of Melville.

  • Pickabook

    Herman Melville, Hershel Parker (Editor), Harrison Hayford (Editor)

  • 0393972836
  • 9780393972832
  • Herman Melville
  • 24 October 2001
  • W. W. Norton & Co.
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 768
  • New edition
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