Moby-Dick Hardback Macmillan Collector's Library English By (author) Herman Melville

Categories: Contemporary Fiction Classic Books & Novels Adventure Books Fantasy Fantasy Books Moby-Dick Or The Whale - Macmillan Collector's Library Herman Melville New Edit/Cover Hardback (06 Oct 2016) Publisher's Synopsis Complete and unabridged. Teeming with ideas and imagery, and with its extraordinary intensity sustained by mischievous irony and moments of exquisite beauty, Moby-Dick is both a great American epic and a profoundly imaginative literary creation. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an afterword by Nigel Cliff. On board the whaling ship Pequod a crew of wise men and fools, renegades and seeming phantoms is hurled through treacherous seas by crazed Captain Ahab, a man hell-bent on hunting down the mythic White Whale. Herman Melville transforms the little world of the whale ship into a crucible where mankind's fears, faith, and frailties are pitted against a relentless fate. Book information ISBN: 9781509826643 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library Pub date: 06 Oct 2016 Edition: New Edit/Cover DEWEY: 813.3 DEWEY edition: 23 Language: English Number of pages: 767 Weight: 382g Height: 157mm Width: 106mm Spine width: 34mm