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| TITLE: |
Moby-Dick, or, the whale / Herman Melville ; introduction by Andrew Delbanco ; notes and explanatory commentary by Tom Quirk. |
| UNIFORM TITLE: |
Moby Dick |
| ADDED TITLE: |
Whale |
| AUTHOR: |
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. |
| SERIES: |
Penguin classics |
| PUBLISHED: |
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1992. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
li, 654 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm. |
| NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [635]-650). |
| NOTES: |
A young seaman joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale, Moby Dick. |
| NOTES: |
Interest level: Adult |
| SUBJECT: |
Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character)--Fiction. |
| SUBJECT: |
Whales--Fiction. |
| SUBJECT: |
Whaling--Fiction. |
| SUBJECT: |
Sea stories. |
| SUBJECT: |
Adventure fiction. |
| SUBJECT: |
Adventure stories. |
| SUBJECT: |
Allegories. |
| SUBJECT: |
Epic literature. |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Quirk, Tom, 1946- |
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