Moby-Dick (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)
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Moby-Dick (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions) by Herman Melville
Herman Melville's epic account of the last voyage of the ill-fated whaling ship Pequod is acknowledged today as a fundamental exploration of the ideas and interests that shaped the American experience in the nineteenth century.
Herman Melville (1819-1891) was born in New York and shipped out on a whaling expedition in 1841. His experiences as a sailor over the next four years--which included desertion, a mutiny, a reported stay among cannibals in the Marquesas Islands, and enlistment in the United States Navy--served as raw materials for his novels Typee (1846), Omoo (1847), Mardi (1849), Redburn (1849) and White-Jacket (1850). Melville's increasing experimentation with theme and narrative form led him to write Moby-Dick in 1851. Although the novel was a commercial failure, it is regarded by many contemporary critics and scholars as one of the greatest American novels. Melville spent the last two decades of his life working as a customs inspector in New York City. His last work of fiction, Billy Budd, Sailor, was published posthumously.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781435161405 |
| ISBN 10 | 1435161408 |
| Title | Moby-Dick (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions) |
| Author | Herman Melville |
| Series | Barnes And Noble Collectible Editions |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Union Square & Co. |
| Year published | 2015-10-15 |
| Number of pages | 656 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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