{"product_id":"moby-dick-paperback-5","title":"Moby-Dick - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHerman Melville\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 1851, Herman 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, \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Hardwick\u003c\/b\u003e (1916-2007) is the author of many books and essays, including \u003ci\u003eHerman Melville \u003c\/i\u003e(Penguin Lives), \u003ci\u003eAmerican Fictions, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSeduction and Betrayal: Women and Literature.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 670\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.13 x 6.97 x 4.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 1981\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moby-Dick, Or, the Whale (English)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10.3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 42\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42694335856703,"sku":"9780553213119","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/bec89c3e8f6139153e3065c5453b893d.webp?v=1765001287","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/moby-dick-paperback-5","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}