Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale - Paperback

Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale - Paperback

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Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale - Paperback
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Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale - Paperback

Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale - Paperback

$17.00
$17.00

by Herman Melville (Author), Elizabeth Hardwick (Introduction by), Rockwell Kent (Introduction by)

Introduction by Elizabeth Hardwick
Illustrations by Rockwell Kent

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 peerless adventure story but one full of mythic grandeur, poetic majesty, and symbolic power. Filtered through the consciousness of the novel's narrator, Ishmael, Moby-Dick draws us into a universe full of fascinating characters and stories, from the noble cannibal Queequeg to the natural history of whales, while reaching existential depths that excite debate and contemplation to this day.

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First published in 1851, 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 peerless adventure story but one full of mythic grandeur, poetic majesty, and symbolic power. Filtered through the consciousness of the novel's narrator, Ishmael, "Moby-Dick draws us into a universe full of fascinating characters and stories, from the noble cannibal Queequeg to the natural history of whales, while reaching existential depths that excite debate and contemplation to this day.
This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition contains original illustrations by Rockwell Kent and commentary that includes excerpts from one of Melville's letters to Hawthorne.

Author Biography

Elizabeth Hardwick (1916-2007) is the author of many books and essays, including Herman Melville (Penguin Lives), American Fictions, and Seduction and Betrayal: Women and Literature.

Number of Pages: 896
Dimensions: 1.8 x 8 x 5.2 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: October 10, 2000
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Moby-Dick, Or, the Whale (English)
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 10.3
Point Value: 42

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