Moby-Dick: or, The Whale by Herman Melville (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, Andrew Delbanco Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Features Captain Ahab who 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. This title is a haunting social commentary populated with some of the most enduring characters in literature. Publisher Description Herman Melvilles profound and timeless inquiry into one mans obsession, in a new Bickford-Smith designed clothbound edition.Part of Penguins beautiful hardcover Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.In part,Moby-Dickis the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopedia of whaling lore and legend,Moby-Dickis a haunting, mesmerizing, and important social commentary populated with several of the most unforgettable and enduring characters in literature. Written with wonderfully redemptive humor,Moby-Dickis a profound and timeless inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.This edition contains the definitive text ofMoby-Dickbased on the Northwestern-Newberry edition. It also features an introduction by Andrew Delbanco and explanatory commentary by Tom Quirk.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Author Biography Herman Melvillewas born on August 1, 1819, in New York City, the son of a merchant. Only twelve when his father died bankrupt, young Herman tried work as a bank clerk, as a cabin boy on a trip to Liverpool, and as an elementary schoolteacher, before shipping in January 1841 on the whalerAcushnet, bound for the Pacific. Deserting ship the following year in the Marquesas, he made his way to Tahiti and Honolulu, returning as an ordinary seaman on the frigateUnited Statesto Boston, where he was discharged in October 1844. Books based on these adventures won him immediate success. By 1850 he was married, had acquired a farm near Pittsfield, Massachussetts (where he was the impetuous friend and neighbor of Nathaniel Hawthorne), and was hard at work on his masterpieceMoby-Dick.Literary success soon faded; his complexity increasingly alienated readers. After a visit to the Holy Land in January 1857, he turned from writing prose fiction to poetry. In 1863, during the Civil War, he moved back to New York City, where from 1866 to1885 he was a deputy inspector in the Custom House, and where, on September 28, 1891, he died. A draft of a final prose work,Billy Budd, Sailor, was left unfinished and uncollated; packedtidily away by his widow, it was not rediscovered and published until 1924.Andrew Delbancowas born in 1952. Educated at Harvard, he has lectured extensively throughout the United States and abroad. In 2001, Time named him"Americas Best Social Critic"and in 2011 he was awarded a National Humanities Medal. Two of his previous works,The Puritan OrdealandMelville- His World and Work received the LionelTrilling Book Award at Columbia University, where he is Director of American Studies and Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities. He lives in New York City with his wife and two children.Tom Quirkis Catherine Paine Middlebush Professor of English at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is the editor of the Penguin Classics editions of Mark TwainsTales,Speeches, Essays, and Sketches(1994) and Ambrose BiercesTales of Soldiers and Civilians and Other Stories(2000) and co-editor ofThe Portable American Realism Reader(1997). His recent books includeNothing Abstract- Investigations in the American Literary Imagination(2001) andMark Twain and Human Nature (2007).Coralie Bickford-Smithis an award-winning designer at Penguin Books (U.K.), where she has created several highly acclaimed series designs. She studied typography at Reading University and lives in London. Details ISBN 0141199601 ISBN-13 9780141199603 Title Moby-Dick Author Herman Melville, Andrew Delbanco Format Hardcover Year 2013 Pages 720 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd GE_Item_ID:137751099; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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