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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.

Moby-Dick, or, The whale / Whale by Herman Melville ; with an introduction by Elizabeth Renker. - New York : Signet Classic, 1998. - xxxv, 555 p. ; 17 cm.

"Revised and updated bibliography."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 553-555).

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

ISBN: 0451526996 (pbk.) 9780451526991 (pbk.)

LCCN: 98006469

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Whaling ships--Fiction.
Ship captains--Fiction.
Mentally ill--Fiction.
Whaling--Fiction.
Whales--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Psychological fiction.
Sea stories.
Adventure fiction.

LC Class. No.: PS2384 / .M6 1998b

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.3