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by: Herman Melville
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.3
EAN: 9780142000083
ISBN: 0142000086
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 672
Publication Date: September 01, 2001
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Release Date: September 04, 2001
Sales Rank: 112848
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Rating:  - You Cannot Allow Yourself To Miss This Book
I considered writing a lengthy review attempting to describe and explain the effect of this book, but it would be a waste of time. You know how Kafka intentionally wrote his stories in such a way that they would defy any attempt at interpretation? Well, Melville did the exact opposite: He wrote a book that is so charged with significance, that draws on so many sources, that attempts (and succeeds!) to do so much, that offers itself to such an unspeakable variety of interpretations (almost all of ... Read More
Rating: - Moby Dick, Philbrick intro
This edition of this great book is pleasing in every way...I used it to read from in the Moby Dick marathon in New Bedford...supple, beautiful, light but sturday paperback. Nathaniel Philbrick's introduction is wonderful. This edition belongs at every bedside.
Rating: - One of the best literary works of all time
From awe-inspiring metaphors, to the tale of a whale and the addicted sailor who relentlessly pursues him, this book is truly amazing. It brings home from the depths of the sea the reality that we all possess within us. Each Character has their own uniquely powerful personality that most can relate to. After taking a university class dedicated entirely to this book, I am convinced that Herman Melville has encapsulated the mystery and reality of what it means to be human. On the surface you will get ... Read More
Rating: - A 19th Century American Masterpiece
I guess I did not know what to expect, but I was surprised by the form and structure of the book. It is written in the form of 135 short chapters, some only half a page long, and it ends abruptly with a flourish of action without much warning.
As a reader I want to state one cautionary note about this version of the book. By the way this is a well made book with large font and the paper is similar in quality to a hard cover book. The thing which I did not like and I caution a reader about ... Read More
Rating: - A Milestone in Every Reader's Life!
I'd heard rumors about the book before I read it. That it was drawn out and overlong. That it was bizarre in its construction and characterization. That it senselessly detailed the intricacies of whaling to a microscopic degree. Having read the book, all of these are true, but they are by no means condemnations. It is a book ahead of its time--perhaps still ahead of our time. Take, for example, those first hundred pages which so beautifully detail the relationship of Ishmael with Queequeg; this section ... Read More
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