{"product_id":"moby-dick-or-the-whale-9780810119116","title":"Moby-Dick: Or the Whale","description":"This edition of \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick, \u003c\/i\u003ereleased in honor of the book's sesquicentennial, is the authoritative text of one of the world's great adventure stories. A crew of whalers sets out in pursuit of a fierce white whale. Their names ring through the canon of American literature: Ishmael, the narrator; Queequeg, a South Seas harpooner; Starbuck, the sober and serious chief mate; and above all Captain Ahab, part-Faust and part-Job, obsessed with the destruction of his foe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This text of \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick \u003c\/i\u003eis an Approved Text of the Center for Scholarly Editions (Modern Language Association of America).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHERMAN MELVILLE \u003c\/b\u003e(1819-1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e. His first three books gained much contemporary attention (the first, \u003ci\u003eTypee\u003c\/i\u003e, becoming a bestseller), and after a fast-blooming literary success in the late 1840s, his popularity declined precipitously in the mid-1850s and never recovered during his lifetime. When he died in 1891, he was almost completely forgotten. It was not until the \"Melville Revival\" in the early 20th century that his work won recognition, especially \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, which was hailed as one of the literary masterpieces of both American and world literature. He was the first writer to have his works collected and published by the Library of America.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328658805010,"sku":"9780810119116","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5925df14-b9af-492b-b4d0-8dce7cf714d5.jpg?v=1727746959","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/moby-dick-or-the-whale-9780810119116","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}