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Moby-Dick

By Herman Melville
Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
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Moby-Dick by Herman Melville follows the journey of Ishmael, a sailor joining the whaling ship Pequod, captained by the obsessive Captain Ahab. Ahab is consumed by his pursuit of vengeance against the white whale, Moby Dick, who once maimed him. The narrative explores themes of obsession, revenge, and the unpredictability of nature.
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This book may appeal to you if you are intrigued by epic adventures, complex characters, and profound philosophical questions. It offers a deep dive into the human obsession, the mysteries of nature, and the struggle against an almost mythical adversary, set against the turbulent backdrop of sea life.

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Moby-Dick

Herman Melville's classic American novel.

Herman Melville's classic American novel.

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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. 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 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 Macmillan Collector's Library edition features an afterword by Nigel Cliff. Designed to appeal to the booklover, Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound hardback 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.

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Moby-Dick is hailed as a supreme American novel, foundational to the American literary canon, as noted by Robert McCrum. Ian McGuire regards Melville as a permanent fixture in the literary canon. Philip Hoare describes the novel's impact as akin to time travel, highlighting its timelessness and modernity.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781509826643

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 October 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Nigel Cliff

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 39.0mm

Width: 104.0mm

Height: 159.0mm

Weight: 376g

Pages: 768

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Classic Fiction Fiction General Fiction Herman Melville Literary Fiction Series: Macmillan Collector's Library

About the Author

Herman Melville was born in 1819 in New York. He worked at various jobs, including shipping on the whaler Achshnet and a stint in the US Navy before settling in Massachusetts and starting to write. His first two novels, Typee (1846) and Omoo (1847), were fictionalised accounts of his travels and were his most popular works during his lifetime. After marrying in 1847, Melville wrote a series of populist novels for money. With Moby-Dick (1851) he changed course - partly under the influence of Nathaniel Hawthorne - but the novel's complexity lost him readers. After publishing two more novels Melville took a job as a customs inspector in New York City harbour and turned to writing poetry. He died in 1891. An unfinished novel, Billy Budd, Sailor, was published in 1924.

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