Moby Dick (Full Translation with Illustrations)

Author: (American) Melville
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: Moby-Dick is the masterpiece of American Romanticist writer Herman Melville and one of the greatest novels in the history of world literature. It is hailed as the "Encyclopedia of Whaling" for its depiction of sea voyages and the complex life of whaling. The Cambridge History of Literature calls it one of the greatest oceanic legends in the history of world literature. In terms of literary value, it is also known as the "American Hamlet." Alongside Faulkner's The Bear and Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, Moby-Dick is celebrated as one of the three great animal epics in the history of American literature. In 1985, Moby-Dick was selected by Life magazine as one of the 20 greatest books of all time. The renowned American Romanticist writer Hawthorne once highly praised Moby-Dick as "a work of what greatness!" American writer Hemingway included it in the list of books recommended to young writers for "improving artistic skills." The French writer and Nobel Prize laureate Camus also held the book in high esteem. Many critics consider Moby-Dick to be "the most magnificent expression of American imagination," and the book is also regarded as "partly drama; partly adventure story; partly philosophical exploration; partly scientific research; partly epic."