num_pages: 654
description: "It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar wind blows through it, and birds of prey hover over it." So Melville wrote of his masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. In part, Moby-Dick 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 encyclopaedia of whaling lore and legend, the book can be seen as part of its author's lifelong meditation on America. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour, Moby-Dick is also a profound inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.This edition of Moby-Dick, which reproduces the definitive text of the novel, includes invaluable explanatory notes, along with maps, illustrations, and a glossary of nautical terms.
language: English
title: Moby-Dick or, The Whale
titlecomplete: Moby-Dick or, The Whale
characters: Tashtego, Pippin ("Pip"), Elijah, Peleg, Ishmael, Aunt Charity, Perth, Queequeg, Starbuck, Peter Coffin, Moby Dick, Bildad, Captain Ahab, Flask, Mapple Priest, Dough-boy, Fedallah, Mrs Hussey, Daggoo, Fleece, Stubb
genres: Classics, Adventure, American, Novels, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Literature, Audiobook, 19th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 545076
places: Pacific Ocean, New Bedford, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Atlantic Ocean, New England, Nantucket, Massachusetts
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Audie Award
category: Solo Narration - Male, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Премія імені Максима Рильського
publisher: Penguin Classics