Moby-Dick, or, The whale
Melville, Herman, 1819-18912007
Book
This is the story of a 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, the book is part of its author's lifelong meditation on America.
Main title:
Moby-Dick, or, The whale / Herman Melville. and an extract from Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck of the whale-ship Essex / by Owen Chase.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2007.
Collation:
xxiv, 648 p. ; 20 cm.
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ISBN:
9780099511182 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.3FICTION
Language:
English
BRN:
1538492