Moby Dick: Or, the Whale (Coleccion Clasicos Juveniles)

by Herman Melville

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." So Melville wrote of his masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. 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 encyclopaedia of whaling lore and legend, the book can be seen as part of its author's lifelong meditation on America. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour, "Moby-Dick" is also a profound inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.

• ISBN10: 0140620621
• ISBN13: 9780140620627
• Publish Date: 28 April 1994 (first published 18 October 1851)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 8 July 2011
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Imprint: Penguin Classics
• Format: Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
• Pages: 544
• Language: English

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.