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Also by Herman Melville:

Billy Budd and other Prose Pieces, September 2026
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Israel Potter, March 2010
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Moby Dick, May 2008
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale, January 2002
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MOBY-DICK OR, THE WHALE
By: Herman Melville

One of the greatest works of imagination in literary history

Penguin
January 2002
720 pages
ISBN: 0142437247
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Historical | Literature and Fiction

Over a century and a half after its publication, Moby-Dick still stands as an indisputable literary classic. It is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopedia of whaling lore and legend, Moby-Dick is a haunting, mesmerizing, and important social commentary populated with several of the most unforgettable and enduring characters in literature. Written with wonderfully redemptive humor, Moby-Dick is a profound and timeless inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.

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