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Moby Dick Paperback – November 6, 2018

by Herman Melville (Author)

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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by Herman Melville, in which Ishmael narrates the monomaniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on the albino sperm whale Moby Dick, which on a previous voyage destroyed Ahab's ship and severed his leg at the knee. Although the novel was a commercial failure and out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891, its reputation grew immensely during the twentieth century. D. H. Lawrence called it "one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world," and "the greatest book of the sea ever written." Moby-Dick is considered a Great American Novel and an outstanding work of the Romantic period in America and the American Renaissance. "Call me Ishmael" is one of world literature's most famous opening sentences. The product of a year and a half of writing, the book is dedicated to Nathaniel Hawthorne, "in token of my admiration for his genius," and draws on Melville's experience at sea, on his reading in whaling literature, and on literary inspirations such as Shakespeare and the Bible. The detailed and realistic descriptions of whale hunting and of extracting whale oil, as well as life aboard ship among a culturally diverse crew, are mixed with exploration of class and social status, good and evil, and the existence of God. In addition to narrative prose, Melville uses styles and literary devices ranging from songs, poetry and catalogs to Shakespearean stage directions, soliloquies and asides. The author changed the title at the very last moment in September 1851. The work first appeared as The Whale in London in October 1851, and then under its definitive title Moby-Dick in New York in November. The whale, however, appears in both the London and New York editions as "Moby Dick," with no hyphen. The British edition of five hundred copies was not reprinted during the author's life, the American of almost three thousand was reprinted three times at approximately 250 copies, the last reprinting in 1871. These figures are exaggerated because three hundred copies were destroyed in a fire at Harper's; only 3,200 copies were actually sold during the author's life.

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378 pages
Language

English
Publication date

November 6, 2018
Dimensions

6.69 x 0.86 x 9.61 inches
ISBN-10

1503280780
ISBN-13

978-1503280786
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (November 6, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 378 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1503280780
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1503280786
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.59 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.69 x 0.86 x 9.61 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #559,839 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #677 in American Fiction Anthologies
- #777 in Classic Action & Adventure (Books)
- #1,843 in Sea Stories

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Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2023

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Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2023

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Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2021

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The book arrived in perfect condition and cover art is amazing, but the book itself is in bad need of an editor. I know that statement will be controversial, but I didn't care for the info dump chapters like the one on cetology. I don't need to know everything about every type of whale. This book was written in the era when writers could diverge from the main story line to go on random tangents and it just doesn't do it for me. The first few chapters are great, but once we get to sea I rolled my eyes all the way to the classic ending, which I can barely remember because the book was such a drag. It is a classic, but I fail to see why people value it as anything other than a sleep aid, and of course major pop culture reference. Perhaps age will reignite my curiosity enough to give it another go one day.

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Margaret Nelson

Great Book

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2023

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classic Book about a whale an ismalt
the fisherman and Moby Dick the whale.
Exciting

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Rae

For the most part a great read, I have learned so much about whaling ...

Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2017

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For the most part a great read, I have learned so much about whaling and it has prompted me to read additional books on the subject. Too bad it did not go over well in his time and he did not write additional books. The sermon on Jonah in Chapter 9, was the best sermon on the subject I have ever experienced.

Every word has meaning, not just fillers. If like me you enjoy detail and have never read it before (for some reason we did not read it in College Prep. English in high school), it is a must read.

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Printing

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2021

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The book itself is a literary classic but the printing company really did not do the novel justice. If Amazon is going to do printing, it needs to set at least a basic standard on its printers that observes standard paragraphing, paging and margins.

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Charles Webb

Great book

Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2022

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This is one of the best books I have ever read

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Mark Twain

Supprisingly approachable book

Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2021

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There is a reason that this book is so well known. Read eeet. Read eeet now!

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Tim

Klassiker!

Reviewed in Germany on May 25, 2017

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Habe mir das Buch bestellt, da es als literarisches Meisterwerk gilt und ich gleichzeitig
meine Englischkenntnisse aufbessern wollte. Die Geschichte ist natürlich bekannt, dies half auch um
die Sprache etwas besser zu verstehen.

Ein Meisterwerk!

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Mrs Brenda Marks

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 27, 2018

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Present was very well received

Jenna

Looks like a fake.

Reviewed in Canada on April 26, 2020

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Why does this book look like this? It doesn't have anything on the back or side it's just white. And it looks like someone just printed it at home... I really wish I'd know it would look like this when I bought it because I wouldn't have purchased it... Very disappointed in the quality of the print of this book. I still buy physical books because I prefer to hold them over a Kobo, but not in this case... I wish I just got the Kobo version. What a waste. Do not purchase this book.

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Simon Mosca

SCAM PRODUCT

Reviewed in Canada on November 1, 2020

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This is not an actual book, it's as if someone found the transcript and then printed it themselves. There is no back cover, no spine art, and the text itself is very badly put together. This should not even be allowed to be sold on Amazon it's a scam product!

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Worth the price!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 22, 2018

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I gave it to my niece’s son who is 7 years old & loves it.

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