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Moby Dick by HERMAN MELVILLE
Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Collector's Editions Ser.
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 Dickis 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 diabo ...Show more
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Category: Classics
INCLUDES THE TRUE STORY THAT INSPIRED MOBY-DICK When Ishmael sets sail on the whaling ship Pequod one cold Christmas Day, he has no idea of the horrors awaiting him out on the vast and merciless ocean. The ship's strange captain, Ahab, is in the grip of an obsession to hunt down the famous white whale, ...Show more
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
Category: Classics | Series: The\Penguin English Library
Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read First published in 1851, Herman Melville's masterpiece is, in Elizabeth Hardwick's words, "the greatest novel in American literature." The saga of Captain Ahab and his monomaniacal pursuit of the white whale remains a peerl ...Show more
Moby Dick by HERMAN MELVILLE
Category: Children's Classics | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Famous and beloved classics are reinterpreted to capture the attention of young audiences in this engaging book series. This magnificently illustrated edition Herman Melville's Moby Dick brings new life to this timeless story of the monomaniacal quest of Captain Ahab, for revenge on the sperm whale Moby ...Show more
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
On a previous voyage, a mysterious white whale had ripped off the leg of a sea captain named Ahab. Now the crew of the Pequod, on a pursuit that features constant adventure and horrendous mishaps, must follow the mad Ahab into the abyss to satisfy his unslakeable thirst for vengeance. Narrated by the cu ...Show more
Moby Dick by Herman Melville; James Noel (Introduction by)
Category: Classics | Series: Gothic Fantasy Ser.
Moby Dick is considered to be one of the Great American Novels and a treasure of world literature. The story tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab has one purpose on this voyage: to seek out Moby ...Show more
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Category: Classics | Series: Collins Classics Deluxe PB Ser.
Moby Dick in half the time Moby Dick is 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 eccentric crew of a whaling ship, The Pequod. The ship is on its last voyage in pursui ...Show more
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Category: Classics
'Command the murderous chalices!...Drink ye harpooners! drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow - Death to Moby Dick!'. So Captain Ahab binds his crew to fulfil his obsession - the destruction of the great white whale. Under his lordly but maniacal command the Pequod's commercial m ...Show more
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Category: Classics | Series: Collins Classics
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. The young sailor Ishmael befriends a tattooed Polynesian harpooner named Queequeg, and finds himself aboard the Pequod, which is captained by the obsessive Captain Ahab. Not long after the voyage has begun, Ahab te ...Show more
Moby Dick (Campfire Graphic) by Professor Herman Melville
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Campfire Graphic
It was an obsession that would destroy them all... On a cold December night, a young man called Ishmael rents a room at an inn in Massachusetts. He has come from Manhattan to the north-east of America to sign up for a whaling expedition. Later that same night, as Ishmael is sleeping, a heavily tattooed ...Show more