This deluxe edition presents Herman Melville's classic nautical adventure novel, Moby Dick, in a striking hardback edition with gold cover accents and printed page edges.

Described by D. H. Lawrence as "the greatest book of the sea ever written" and now heralded as a classic of American literature, Moby Dick tells the story of sailer Ishmael who signs up for a voyage aboard the Pequod, bound for the tropics. But what Ishmael believes to be an ordinary whale hunt turns out to be nothing less than a voyage of revenge led by the imposing "ungodly, god-like" Captain Ahab. For Ahab has already lost one of his legs to the great White Whale, Moby Dick. And this time, driven by a tremendous inner rage, he is determined to pursue him to the death.

Part of the Arcturus Treasured Classics series, this beautiful gift edition provides an exquisite way to enjoy this classic work.

Arcturus Treasured Classics
9781398854253
Herman Melville

WHY WOULD YOU REED MOBY DICK?
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Dive into Melville’s Moby Dick for a read that is as tumultuous as the sea it describes. Following Ishmael and the crew of the Pequod, the novel describes the hunt of The Whale, Captain Ahab’s nemesis, the object of his relentless pursuit. Beyond serving as an encyclopaedia on whales and the whaling profession, the novel offers psychological, and often theological, insight into madness, trauma and obsession. Showing the fight between man and nature, and perhaps more importantly, the fight of man against himself, Moby Dick lasts as an exploration of obsession and the struggle to impose purpose on the vast, impersonal forces of the sea.