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Moby-Dick : Or, the Whale - Herman Melville

Moby-Dick

Or, the Whale

By: Herman Melville, Andrew Delbanco (Introduction by)

Hardcover | 26 September 2013 | Edition Number 1

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Herman Meville's profound and timeless inquiry into one man's obsession, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition

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Captain Ahab is an eerily compelling madman who focuses his distilled hatred and suffering (and that of generations before him) into the pursuit of a creature as vast, dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. More than just a novel of adventure, this is a haunting social commentary populated with some of the most enduring characters in literature. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour, Moby Dick is a profound and timeless inquiry into character, faith and the nature of perception.
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