Screen LibraryMoby-Dick : or the whale /
"When Ishmael sets sail on the whale-ship Pequod one cold Christmas Day, he has no idea of the horrors awaiting him out on the vast and merciless ocean. The ship's strange captain, Ahab, is obsessed with hunting down the famous whit whale, Moby Dick, and will stop at nothing on hes quest t...
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Vintage Books,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Vintage classics
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"When Ishmael sets sail on the whale-ship Pequod one cold Christmas Day, he has no idea of the horrors awaiting him out on the vast and merciless ocean. The ship's strange captain, Ahab, is obsessed with hunting down the famous whit whale, Moby Dick, and will stop at nothing on hes quest to annihilate his nemesis."--Cover. |
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"Moby-Dick was first published in 1851. Following the first edition, the title is hyphenated but the whal's name is spelled as two seprate words in the text."--Title page verso. "Includes the true story that inspired Moby-Dick."--Cover. "Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck of the whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket; which was attacked and finally destroyed by a large spermaceti-whale, in the Pacific Ocean; with an account of the unparalleled sufferings of the captain and crew during a space of ninety-three days at sea in an open boat; in the years 1819 & 1820 was first published in 1821"--Title page verso. |
| Carrier Form: | xxiv, 648 pages ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780099511182 (paperback) : 0099511185 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | PS2384 |
| CLC: | I712.44 |
| Call Number: | I712.44/M531-18 |