Moby-Dick, or, The whale
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Moby Dick
Author
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
Contributors
Delbanco, Andrew, 1952- writer of introduction.
Quirk, Tom, 1946- annotator.
Modern Language Association of America. Center for Editions of American Authors.
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Mentally ill -- Fiction.
Sailors -- Fiction.
Ship captains -- Fiction.
Shipwrecks -- Fiction.
Whales -- Fiction.
Whaling -- Fiction.
Whaling ships -- Fiction.
Other Subjects
Action and adventure fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Sea fiction.

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Format
Book
Physical Desc
li, 654 pages : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 10.3, 42 Points
Lexile measure
730

Notes

General Note
"First published ... by Harper & Brothers 1851"--T.p. verso.
General Note
"This text published by Northwestern University Press as volume six of The writings of Herman Melville, edited by Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker and B. Thomas, Tanselle 1988"--T.p. verso.
General Note
"An approved text : Center for editions of American authors, Modern Language Association of America"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxix]-xxx).
Description
Written with wonderfully redemptive humor, "Moby-Dick" 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.
Target Audience
18-up.
Target Audience
12-up.
Target Audience
730,Lexile.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning,UG,10.3,42.0,711.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Melville, H., Delbanco, A., & Quirk, T. (2003). Moby-Dick, or, The whale . Penguin Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891, Andrew Delbanco and Tom Quirk. 2003. Moby-Dick, Or, The Whale. Penguin Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891, Andrew Delbanco and Tom Quirk. Moby-Dick, Or, The Whale Penguin Books, 2003.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Melville, Herman, Andrew Delbanco, and Tom Quirk. Moby-Dick, Or, The Whale Penguin Books, 2003.

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