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'Call me Ishmael.' So begins the author's masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. As Ishmael is drawn into Captain Ahab's obsessive quest to slay the white whale Moby-Dick, he finds himself engaged in a metaphysical struggle between good and evil.
The original 'Great American Novel', Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is a masterful study of obsession. This Penguin Classics edition contains an introduction by Andrew Delblanco, with explanatory commentary by Tom Quirk.
'Call me Ishmael.'
So begins Herman Melville's masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. As Ishmael is drawn into Captain Ahab's obsessive quest to slay the white whale Moby-Dick, he finds himself engaged in a metaphysical struggle between good and evil. More than just a novel of adventure, more than an paean to whaling lore and legend, Moby-Dick is a haunting social commentary, populated by some of the most enduring characters in literature; the crew of the Pequod, from stern, Quaker First Mate Starbuck, to the tattooed Polynesian harpooner Queequeg, are a vision of the world in microcosm, the pinnacle of Melville's lifelong meditation on America. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour, Moby-Dick is a profound, poetic inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.
Based on the Northwestern University Press edition, this Penguin Classics edition includes a critical introduction by Andrew Delbanco, as well as valuable explanatory notes, maps, illustrations and a glossary of nautical terms.
Herman Melville is now regarded as one of America's greatest novelists. Much of the material for his novels was drawn from his own experience as a seaman aboard whaling ships. He wrote his masterpiece Moby-Dick in 1851, and died in 1891.
If you enjoyed Moby-Dick, you may like Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote, also available in Penguin Classics.
'After reading Moby-Dick, you will have enhanced your sense of wonder, you will have increased the size of your universe'
E. M. Forster
'One of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world ... It moves awe in the soul'
D. H. Lawrence
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 27 februari 2003
Aantal pagina's: 720
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Herman Melville
Tweede Auteur: Herman Melville
Co Auteur: Victor Ambrus
Hoofdillustrator: Alex Katz
Tweede Illustrator: Norman Nodel
Co Illustrator: Patrick Benson
Hoofdredacteur: Stefan Orvar Sigmundsson
Tweede Redacteur: Harrison Hayford
Hoofduitgeverij: Penguin Classics
Eerste Vertaler: Anthony Heald
Originele titel: Moby-Dick: Herman Melville (Macmillan Collector's Library, 62
AI-gegenereerd: Nee
Editie: Rev ed
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Primaire Productiemaatschappij: Penguin Books
Product breedte: 131 mm
Product hoogte: 30 mm
Product lengte: 196 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 128 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 35 mm
Verpakking lengte: 196 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 496 g
eWaste: Nee
EAN: 9780142437247