Moby Dick
Author(s): Herman Melville
When the young Ishmael gets on board Captain Ahab's whaling ship, little does he suspect that the mission on which he is about to embark is the fulfilment of his master's obsessive desire for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale who has already claimed countless human victims and destroyed many fleets. With some sinister crew members in their midst and the hazardous conditions of the sea to contend with, the expedition becomes increasingly dangerous the closer it gets to its quarry.
General Information
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- : Oneworld Classics Ltd
- : Oneworld Classics Ltd
- : 0.544
- : 15 May 2011
- : 198mm X 128mm X 42mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Herman Melville
- : Paperback
- : 813.3
- : 704
- : ill
- : ill
More About The Product
'Strange, original and gripping.' William Somerset Maugham 'The infinite novel. Page after page the text grows in immensity, until it encompasses the whole cosmos.' Jorge Luis Borges
Now considered one of America's greatest and most influential authors, Herman Melville (1819-91) wrote novels and travelogues inspired by his experiences in the merchant navy - with Moby Dick and Billy Budd generally regarded as his masterpieces.