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The enchanted isles
Book. English.
Published
London: Hesperus, 2002
Melville's book is a beautiful and haunting descriptive work written following a tour of the Galapagos - the islands that formed the inspiration for Charles...
Moby-Dick, or, The whale
Paperback. English.
Published
London: Penguin, 2012
'Moby-Dick' is the story of a madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just...
Moby-Dick, or, The whale. and an extract from Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck of the whale-ship Essex
Paperback. English.
Published
London: Vintage, 2007
This is the story of a madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel...
Moby-Dick
Paperback. English.
Published
Bath: Camden, 2010
Large print edition
This is the story of a madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel...
Moby-Dick
Paperback. English.
Published
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022
New edition / edited by Hester Blum
This edition of Herman Melville's monumental novel includes a new introduction that is attentive both to the rich literary history of 'Moby-Dick', and...
Shipwreck of the whaleship Essex: narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing: with supplementary accounts of survivors and Herman Melville's memoranda on Owen Chase
Paperback. English.
Published
London: Vintage, 2015
In 1820 a sperm whale rammed and sank the Nantucket whaling ship Essex. These are the original memoirs of members of the crew and their captain about...
Moby Dick
Hardback. English.
Published
New York: Marvel; London: Diamond [distributor], c2008
Young sailor Ishmael signs onto the whaling ship, Pequod. Soon, he comes to question his judgment as the vessel sets sail and he meets the strange crew...
Billy Budd, Bartleby, and other stories
Paperback. English.
Published
London: Penguin Classics, 2016
New edition. / introduction and notes by Peter Coviello
Though best-known for his epic masterpiece Moby-Dick, Herman Melville also left a body of short stories arguably unmatched in American fiction. In the...
