Moby-dick: or, the whale

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Sinopse

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 encyclopedia of whaling lore and legend, Moby-Dick is a haunting, mesmerizing, and important social commentary populated with several of the most unforgettable and enduring characters in literature. Written with wonderfully redemptive humor, Moby-Dick is a profound and timeless inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.This edition contains the definitive text of Moby-Dick based on the Northwestern-Newberry edition. It also features an introduction by Andrew Delbanco and explanatory commentary by Tom Quirk.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Autor: Herman Melville

Autor

HERMAN MELVILLE

Herman Melville nasceu em 1º de agosto de 1819, em Nova York. Aos 18 anos, embarcou como camareiro num navio que o levou à Inglaterra. Aos 22, engajou-se na tripulação de um baleeiro para uma viagem de quatro anos pelos mares do Pacífico, mas desertou ao fim de um ano e meio, sendo capturado por canibais nas ilhas Marquesas, experiência que serviu de tema para seu primeiro livro, Typee, a peep at Polynesian life or four months residence in a valle of the Marquesas, de 1846. Depois dele vieram Ommoo, a narrative of adventures in the south seas, de 1847, e White Jacket, or the world in a Man-of-War, de 1850. Em 1851, depois do razoável sucesso alcançado, publicou o monumental Moby dick, ou a baleia branca, que foi um fracasso de vendas. A partir daí, escreveu romances, novelas e contos para as revistas da época, dentre os quais se destaca Bartleby, o escriturário, publicado no livro Piazza Tales. Faleceu em 1891, sem conhecer o sucesso que sua obra mais importante, o romance Moby Dick, faria no século XX.