{"product_id":"moby-dick-hb-select-classics","title":"Moby Dick (HB) (Select Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of the greatest novels in American literature — now in a beautiful premium hardback edition, original and unabridged. Perfect for gifting and for the bookshelf you build a library around.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Call me Ishmael.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo begins one of the most famous opening lines in fiction. Herman Melville's \u003cem\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/em\u003e is the immortal story of Captain Ahab, his obsessed pursuit of the great white whale that took his leg on the Pequod's previous voyage — and the reflective sailor Ishmael, whose voice carries us through a journey of madness, faith, and the wild unknowability of the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough Ahab's mad quest, Melville raises some of literature's most enduring questions: about man versus nature, about the limits of obsession, about fate and the human struggle. Ishmael's vantage point creates an almost out-of-body reading experience as he observes the extremes of human passion play out on a doomed ship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWitty, thrilling, and philosophically alive, \u003cem\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/em\u003e is by turns adventure novel, encyclopedia, sermon, and tragedy. A book to be read slowly, returned to, and treasured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eAbout this edition\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Penguin Select Classics edition presents the complete, unabridged text of Melville's masterpiece in a premium hardbound collector's binding — a beautifully produced edition designed to be kept, displayed, and gifted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHerman Melville (1819–1891) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. Born in New York City and orphaned by his father's death at a young age, he signed on as a sailor at eighteen and spent years at sea — voyages that would later shape his fiction. \u003cem\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 1851 to mixed reception in his lifetime; today it stands as one of the towering achievements of world literature. His other works include \u003cem\u003eTypee\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBartleby, the Scrivener\u003c\/em\u003e, and the posthumously published \u003cem\u003eBilly Budd\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Select Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51682602713304,"sku":"9789815162639","price":599.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/moby-dick.jpg?v=1778704068","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/moby-dick-hb-select-classics","provider":"readersparadiseindore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}