Few literary masterpieces cast quite as awesome a shadow as Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. Captain Ahab’s quest for the white whale is a timeless epic – a thrilling tale of vengeance and obsession, and a searing parable about humanity lost in a universe of moral ambiguity.
Few literary masterpieces cast quite as awesome a shadow as Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. Captain Ahab’s quest for the white whale is a timeless epic – a thrilling tale of vengeance and obsession, and a searing parable about humanity lost in a universe of moral ambiguity.Inspired by true events, Moby Dick is a work of astonishing psychological depth. It is perhaps the greatest sea story ever told and one of the great classics of literature.‘Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee…’
- | Author: Herman Melville
- | Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- | Publication Date: Apr 07, 2016
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9780008182205
- | ISBN-10: 0008182205
- Author:
- Herman Melville
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication Date:
- Apr 07, 2016
- Binding:
- Paperback / softback
- ISBN-13:
- 9780008182205
- ISBN10:
- 0008182205