Penguin Classics: Moby Dick Or, The Whale

Penguin Classics: Moby Dick Or, The Whale by Herman Melville


ISBN
9780142437247
Published
Released
01 / 09 / 2007
Binding
Paperback
Pages
720
Dimensions
138 x 197 x 31mm

Captain Ahab is an eerily compelling madman who focuses his distilled hatred and suffering (and that of generations before him) into the pursuit of a creature as vast, dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself.

More than just a novel of adventure, this is a haunting social commentary populated with some of the most enduring characters in literature. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour, 'Moby Dick' is a profound and timeless inquiry into character, faith and the nature of perception.

'It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar wind blows through it, and birds of prey hover over it.'

So Melville wrote of his masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. In part, 'Moby Dick' is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopedia of whaling lore and legend, the book can be seen as part of its author's lifelong meditation on America.

'Moby Dick' can be read as a "disorderly elegy" to democracy, which Melville saw threatened on many sides: by the spirit of utilitarianism, by America's accelerating pace of expansionism, and by the drive toward industrial power. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour, this is also a profound enquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.

This edition reproduces the definitive text of the novel and includes invaluable explanatory note, along with maps, illustrations, and a glossary of nautical terms.
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