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Moby-dick : Penguin Drop Caps
Hardback Edition: 2013
Moby-Dick is a profound and timeless inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.
From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers-featuring cover art by Jessica Hische
M is for Melville, who wrote of his masterpiece, "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." 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 encyclopedia of whaling lore and legend, Moby-Dick is a haunting, mesmerizing, and important social commentary populated with several of the most unforgettable and enduring characters in literature. Written with wonderfully redemptive humor, Moby-Dick is a profound and timeless inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.
Pages : 688
Publisher : Penguin Books
Publication date : 2013-10-03
Subjects: Fiction, Classics (pre C.1945), Contemporary, Historical Fiction