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Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale

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Based on 537,597 Ratings and 20,774 Reviews

Book Description
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback "Clothbound Classics" series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. In Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick", Captain Ahab is an eerily compelling madman who focuses his distilled hatred and suffering (and that of generations b... More
Book Information
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
BindingHardcover (350 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages720
ISBN-100141199601
ISBN-13978-0141199603
Publication Date09/26/2013
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About Herman Melville (Author) : Herman Melville was a published author and an editor of children's books. Some of the published credits of Herman Melville include Moby-Dick: New Edition (Everyman's Library (Paper)), Moby Dick, Typee... more
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About Andrew Delbanco (Introduction) : Andrew Delbanco is a published editor of children's books. Published credits of Andrew Delbanco include Stories for Young People: Edgar Allan Poe (Stories for Young People), Moby-Dick: or, The Whale (... more
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10/3/2015 Joshua Mark said:
One of my favorite works of all time and, at times, my all-time favorite. Moby Dick, to me, is the Great American Novel. It is America uniquely but universal in its theme and resonance. The story of one man's obsession with what he cannot catch and hold is something anyone from any culture can relat... more

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7/29/2012 Joan Knibbe said: I own this one and it is for sale.
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