624 pp. A scholarly edition with introduction, etymology, extracts, explanatory notes comprising more than 250 pages, and index by editors Luther S. Manfield and Howard P. Vincent. They even compared the original American text with the original English edition, documenting the textual variations. Herman Melville's masterpiece of obsession and the untamed sea, and one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history, nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. Moby-Dick still stands as an indisputable literary classic. It 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.
