"You must write for children in the same way as you do for adults, only better"
-Maxim Gorky.
This is a brand new sealed leather-bound Collectible Edition of Moby Dick by Herman Melville
So begins Moby-Dick, Herman Melville's epic account of the last voyage of the ill-fated whaling ship Pequod, and its captain's obsessive pursuit of the legendary white whale thaty maimed him years before.
Melville's classic novel has given American literature some of its most iconic characters: Ishmael, the everyman sailor who narrates the novel; Queequeg, the South Sea island cannibal who becomes the Pequod's harpooner; and Captain Ahab, a stern and stormy force of nature as formidable as the titanic whale that he hunts.
Inspired by the real-life ordeal of the crew of the whaling ship Essex--who, in 1819, were set adrift in the heart of the sea for eighty-nine days, after the whale they were hunting stove in their ship's hull--and steeped in the lore and legendry of whaling as it pertained to the fledgling nation of America, Melville's novel is widely regarded as one of the greatest American novels.
More than a rousing tale of adventure on the high seas, Moby-Dick is acknowledged today as a fundamental exploration of the ideas and interests that shaped the American experience in the nineteenth century.
The text of Moby-Dick in this volume is from the authoritative Northwestern Newberry edition of The Writings of Herman Melville.
Moby-Dick features authoritative text by one of the world's greatest authors in an exquisitely designed bonded-leather binding, with distinctive gilt edging and a silk-ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensable cornerstone for every home library.
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