Moby Dick-Treasury of Illustrated Classics Storybook (Illustrated Jacketed Hardcover) - Hardcover

Herman Melville

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0766633403 ISBN 13: 9780766633407

Publisher: Kappa Books Publishers, 2020

Synopsis

Ishmael seeks a thrilling adventure, so he joins the crew of a whaling ship. The captain of his ship, Captain Ahab, is crazed with revenge for a white whale called Moby Dick, who ripped off his leg. Join Ishmael and his mates on a rousing journey at sea and discover how one man survives the battle between a determined hunter and high-spirited animal. This easy to read adaptation of the classic novel is guaranteed to hook beginning readers not yet ready to tackle the original.

About this title

From the Publisher:

No American masterpiece casts quite as awesome a shadow as Melville's monumental Moby Dick. Mad Captain Ahab's quest for the White Whale is a timeless epic--a stirring tragedy of vengeance and obsession, a searing parable about humanity lost in a universe of moral ambiguity. It is the greatest sea story ever told. Far ahead of its own time, Moby Dick was largely misunderstood and unappreciated by Melville's contemporaries. Today, however, it is indisputably a classic. As D.H. Lawrence wrote, Moby Dick "commands a stillness in the soul, an awe . . . [It is] one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world."

From the Author:

Herman Melville was born August 1, 1819 in New York City. Son of a prosperous importer and a famous grandfather, Melville became a prolific writer at a very young age. Melville died on September 28, 1891.

About this edition

• Publisher: Kappa Books Publishers
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 0766633403
• ISBN 13: 9780766633407
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192