Moby-Dick: or, The Whale (Coleccion Clasicos Juveniles)

by Herman Melville

Elizabeth Hardwick (Introduction) and Rockwell Kent (Introduction)

Introduction by Elizabeth Hardwick
Illustrations by Rockwell Kent

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

First 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, Moby-Dick 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.

• ISBN10: 067978327X
• ISBN13: 9780679783275
• Publish Date: 10 October 2000 (first published 18 October 1851)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Imprint: Modern Library Inc
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 896
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780679783275

Reviews

[Briana @ Pages Unbound]

First impressions: While there is a lot about Moby Dick that recommends it as the "great American novel"--including originality, tackling of big themes like race, religion, community, etc.--I can't give a full five stars to a book that almost demands some parts to be skimmed. Although whaling is a fascinating industry and occupation, I may never have finished this book if I read in detail every scene about how to whale, prepare a wheel, run a ship, etc. Even if I had read these scenes closely, little of the information would have stuck in my mind, nor would I ever have cause to use it, so it didn't seem particularly worth it. However, this book is not as boring as its reputation in popular culture suggests, and I do recommend it to readers of classics.

[remo]

Es un novelón sobre barcos, la mar y la caza de ballenas, y también es un novelón sore el alma humana, la fijación y la venganza. Desde el Call me Ishmael del principio, el estilo, la atmósfera, son especiales, diferentes. Disfruté mucho de la novela sin haberla llegado a entender en todas sus facetas cuando la leí en clase de literatura, y posteriormente ha ido creciendo en complejidad y matices. Obra maestra.