{"product_id":"moby-dick-9780062085641","title":"Moby Dick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelville's classic tale of obsession and the sea, one of the most important and enduring masterworks of nineteenth-century literature, \u003ci\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting literary epic, exploring rage, hope, destiny, and the deepest questions of moral truth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Call me Ishmael.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThus begins one of the most famous journeys in literature--a sea adventure story detailing the voyage of the whaling ship \u003ci\u003ePequod\u003c\/i\u003e and its embattled, monomaniacal Captain Ahab. Ishmael quickly learns that the \u003ci\u003ePequod\u003c\/i\u003e's captain sails for revenge against the elusive Moby Dick, a sperm whale with a snow-white hump and mottled skin that destroyed Ahab's former vessel and left him crippled. As the \u003ci\u003ePequod\u003c\/i\u003e sails deeper through the nights and into the sea, the divisions between man and nature begin to blur--so do the lines between good and evil, as the fates of the ship's crewmen become increasingly unclear...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelville, Herman:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHerman Melville\u003c\/strong\u003e (1819-1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet who received wide acclaim for his earliest novels, such as \u003cem\u003eTypee\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRedburn\u003c\/em\u003e, but fell into relative obscurity by the end of his life. Today, Melville is hailed as one of the definitive masters of world literature for novels including \u003cem\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBilly Budd\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as for enduringly popular short stories such as \u003cem\u003eBartleby\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ethe Scrivener\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Bell-Tower\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50590411718930,"sku":"9780062085641","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_38592e02-b821-4fa2-9bbe-1ddee4317796.jpg?v=1772531479","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/moby-dick-9780062085641","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}