Moby Dick - (Clásicos Ilustrados) by Herman Melville (Hardcover)

About the Book

"A nineteenth-century tale of life aboard a New England whaling ship whose captain is obsessed with the pursuit of a large white whale."--

Book Synopsis

"Llamadme Ismael" es una de las primeras frases más recordadas en la historia de la literatura. Así comienza Moby Dick, la gran obra maestra de Herman Melville, viajero incansable que se inició en la literatura narrando sus aventuras por los mares del Sur. El épico duelo entre la ballena blanca y el capitán Ahab simboliza la eterna lucha entre el bien y el mal y constituye el ejemplo más logrado de algo que muchos otros autores estadounidenses han perseguido desde entonces: la Gran Novela Americana.

"Call me Ismael" is one of the most remembered opening phrases in the history of literature. Thus begins Moby Dick, the great masterpiece of Herman Melville, a tireless traveler who began in literature by narrating his adventures in the South Seas. The epic duel between the white whale and Captain Ahab symbolizes the eternal struggle between good and evil and is the most accomplished example of something many other American authors have pursued since then: the Great American Novel.

About the Author

Herman Melville is the author of Taipi, Mardi, Omoo, Redburn, and The White Warrior, but he is best known for his novel Moby Dick.