| Moby Dick Or The Whale Contributor(s): Melville, Herman (Author) |
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ISBN: 819461578X ISBN-13: 9788194615781 Publisher: Delhi Open Books OUR PRICE: $35.14 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Fantasy - Epic |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.68" H x 5.06" W x 7.81" (1.62 lbs) 764 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The is based on the life experiences of Herman Melville, that he had while whaling. The book is largely based on his sea-life incidents. The story is about Captain Ahab who sets out in search of Moby Dick, a white whale which injured him on his earlier voyage, leaving him handicapped. Today it is considered a great American novel about American romanticism, and is a classic in American Literature. D. H. Lawrence called it "one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world" and "the greatest book of the sea ever written". |