{"product_id":"moby-dick-herman-melville-paperback-3","title":"Moby Dick -- Herman Melville, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith an Introduction and Notes by David Herd, Lecturer in English and American Literature at the University of Kent at Canterbury and co-editor of 'Poetry Review'\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of Captain Ahab's quest to avenge the whale that 'reaped' his leg. The quest is an obsession and the novel is a diabolical study of how a man becomes a fanatic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut it is also a hymn to democracy. Bent as the crew is on Ahab's appalling crusade, it is equally the image of a co-operative community at work: all hands dependent on all hands, each individual responsible for the security of each.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmong the crew is Ishmael, the novel's narrator, ordinary sailor, and extraordinary reader. Digressive, allusive, vulgar, transcendent, the story Ishmael tells is above all an education: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ein the practice of whaling, in the art of writing. Expanding to equal his 'mighty theme' - not only the whale but all things sublime - Melville breathes in the world's great literature. \u003cem\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/em\u003e is the greatest novel ever written by an American.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Herman Melville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wordsworth Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\/5\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.7\" H x 5\" L x 1.5\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781853260087\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49536420315440,"sku":"9781853260087","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781853260087_f14ccd2f-65dc-4bab-95a6-e6b69d53466a.jpg?v=1775038086","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/moby-dick-herman-melville-paperback-3","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}