Moby-Dick, or the Whale 150th Anniversary Edition |
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Author:
| Melville, Herman |
Editor:
| Tanselle, G. Thomas Parker, Hershel Hayford, Harrison |
Series title: | Melville Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8101-1911-6 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2001 |
Publisher: | Northwestern University Press
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Imprint: | TriQuarterly Books |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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This edition of
Moby-Dick, released in honor of the book's sesquicentennial, is the authoritative text of one of the world's great adventure stories. A crew of whalers sets out in pursuit of a fierce white whale. Their names ring through the canon of American literature: Ishmael, the narrator; Queequeg, a South Seas harpooner; Starbuck, the sober and serious chief mate; and above all Captain Ahab, part-Faust and part-Job, obsessed with the destruction of his...
More Description This edition of Moby-Dick, released in honor of the book's sesquicentennial, is the authoritative text of one of the world's great adventure stories. A crew of whalers sets out in pursuit of a fierce white whale. Their names ring through the canon of American literature: Ishmael, the narrator; Queequeg, a South Seas harpooner; Starbuck, the sober and serious chief mate; and above all Captain Ahab, part-Faust and part-Job, obsessed with the destruction of his foe.