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Herman Melville: Moby Dick, 1st edition
Published by Pearson (January 1, 1964) © 1965
- Charles N. Feidelson
$90.66
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- A print edition
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Title overview
Narrated by the sole survivor, Ishmael, Melville's epic explores the monomaniacal quest of Captain Ahab to destroy the white whale, Moby Dick. The journey of the Pequod functions as an allegorical study in American hubris and the destructive nature of unchecked obsession. Structurally, the novel blends narrative tragedy with vast encyclopedic digressions, examining themes of fate, nature, and the limits of human perception, culminating in a catastrophic, predetermined end.