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Moby Dick : a classics illustrated edition

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Moby-Dick is the story of Captain Ahab's quest to avenge the whale that 'reaped' his leg.

The quest is an obsession and the novel is a diabolical study of how a man becomes a fanatic.

But it is also a hymn to democracy. Bent as the crew is on Ahab s appalling crusade, it is equally the image of a co-operative community at work: all hands dependent on all hands, each individual responsible for the security of each.

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Product Details
Independently Published
842277631Y / 9798422776313
Paperback / softback
25/02/2022
804 pages
140 x 216 mm, 912 grams
Children / Juvenile Learn More