Moby Dick

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'Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee...'
Few literary masterpieces cast quite as awesome a shadow as Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Captain Ahab's quest for the white whale is a timeless epic - a thrilling tale of vengeance and obsession, and a searing parable about humanity lost in a universe of moral ambiguity.
Inspired by true events, Moby Dick is a work of astonishing psychological depth. It is perhaps the greatest sea story ever told and one of the great classics of literature.

About the author

Herman Melville (1819-91) stammte aus einer verarmten New Yorker Familie. Er ging früh zur See und verdingte sich als Matrose, unter anderem auch auf Walfängern. Seine Reisen führten ihn bis in die Südsee. 1844 kehrte er in die USA zurück, lebte als freier Schriftsteller und war von 1866-85 als Zollinspektor in New York tätig. Der Romancier und Autor von Kurzgeschichten und Lyrik gilt als einer der bedeutendsten amerikanischen Schriftsteller. Sein Meisterwerk 'Moby Dick' zählt zu den Klassikern der Weltliteratur.

Summary

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Product details

• Authors: Herman Melville
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 09.05.2013
• EAN: 9780007925568
• ISBN: 978-0-00-792556-8
• No. of pages: 608
• Dimensions: 115 mm x 180 mm x 40 mm
• Series: Collins Classics; Collins Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Adventure, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Classics, Historical adventure, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Sea Stories, c 1800 to c 1900, maritime history, Sea stories, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Historical adventure fiction, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Sea life & the seashore, Sea life & the seashore: general interest, c 1850 to c 1859, Classic fiction: general and literary