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Moby-Dick: or, The Whale
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Moby-Dick: or, The Whale
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Herman Melville
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Introduction by Elizabeth Hardwick
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Introduction by Rockwell Kent
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Series | Modern Library Classics |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:896 | Dimensions(mm): Height 202,Width 133 |
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Category/Genre | Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780679783275
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Classifications | Dewey:813.3 |
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Illustrations |
267 B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Random House USA Inc
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Imprint |
Modern Library Inc
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Publication Date |
10 October 2000 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Melville's great American novel, with a new
Author Biography
Elizabeth Hardwick (1916-2007) is the author of many books and essays, including Herman Melville (Penguin Lives), American Fictions, and Seduction and Betrayal Women and Literature.
Reviews" Responsive to the shaping forces of his age as only men of passionate imagination are, even Melville can hardly have been fully aware of how symbolical an American hero he had fashioned in Ahab." --F. O. Matthiessen "Responsive to the shaping forces of his age as only men of passionate imagination are, even Melville can hardly have been fully aware of how symbolical an American hero he had fashioned in Ahab." --F. O. Matthiessen
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