num_pages: 851
description: First published in 1851, Melville's masterpiece is, in Elizabeth Hardwick's words, "the greatest novel in American literature." The saga of Captain Ahab and his monomaniacal pursuit of the white whale remains a peerless adventure story but one full of mythic grandeur, poetic majesty, and symbolic power. Filtered through the consciousness of the novel's narrator, Ishmael, Moby-Dick draws us into a universe full of fascinating characters and stories, from the noble cannibal Queequeg to the natural history of whales, while reaching existential depths that excite debate and contemplation to this day. The Modern Library Classics edition contains original illustrations by Rockwell Kent.Introduction by Elizabeth Hardwick.
language: English
title: Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
titlecomplete: Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
characters: Captain Ahab, Fedallah, Flask, Aunt Charity, Mrs Hussey, Pippin ("Pip"), Peter Coffin, Moby Dick, Ishmael, Peleg, Perth, Bildad, Daggoo, Fleece, Queequeg, Tashtego, Mapple Priest, Elijah, Starbuck, Dough-boy, Stubb
genres: Audiobook, American, Historical Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, Adventure, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 545065
places: New England, Nantucket, Massachusetts, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, New Bedford, Massachusetts, Massachusetts
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Audie Award
category: Solo Narration - Male, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Премія імені Максима Рильського
publisher: Modern Library