Moby Dick by Herman Melville (Hardcover)

Ishmael signs onto a whaler and finds its captain hunting one particular white whale, and Melville builds a novel around that pursuit. The narrative alternates chase with long passages on whaling itself, the trade, the ships and the anatomy of the animal, so the book reads as part sea story and part encyclopedia of an industry. This hardcover edition holds the full text across 662 pages, which is the length those digressions require. In practical terms: • The unabridged text of Melville's novel in 662 pages • Narrative chapters interleaved with the whaling material • A hardcover binding suited to a long read • A fixture of American literature syllabuses For classics readers and literature students, published by Wilco International LLP and stocked at Boipoka.