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When the young Ishmael gets on board Captain Ahab’s whaling ship, little does he suspect that the mission on which he is about to embark is the fulfilment of his master’s obsessive desire for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale who has already claimed countless human victims and destroyed many fleets. With some sinister crew members in their midst and the hazardous conditions of the sea to contend with, the expedition becomes increasingly dangerous the closer it gets to its quarry. One of the great American novels, if not the greatest, Moby Dick epically combines rip-roaring adventure, a meticulously realistic portrayal of the whaling trade and a profound philosophical disquisition on the nature of good and evil.

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Strange, original and gripping. -- William Somerset Maugham
One of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world. -- D.H. Lawrence

Moby Dick: Annotated Edition (Alma Classics

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      Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 28/08/2017
      ISBN13: 9781847496447, 978-1847496447
      ISBN10: 184749644X
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      Fiction Classics Crime & Thrillers Books by Herman Melville

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      When the young Ishmael gets on board Captain Ahab’s whaling ship, little does he suspect that the mission on which he is about to embark is the fulfilment of his master’s obsessive desire for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale who has already claimed countless human victims and destroyed many fleets. With some sinister crew members in their midst and the hazardous conditions of the sea to contend with, the expedition becomes increasingly dangerous the closer it gets to its quarry. One of the great American novels, if not the greatest, Moby Dick epically combines rip-roaring adventure, a meticulously realistic portrayal of the whaling trade and a profound philosophical disquisition on the nature of good and evil.

      Trade Review
      Strange, original and gripping. -- William Somerset Maugham
      One of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world. -- D.H. Lawrence

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