by Herman Melville (Author), Larzer Ziff (Introduction by)
As a revelation of human destiny it is too deep even for sorrow, was how D.H. Lawrence characterized MOBY-DICK. Published in the same five-year span as The Scarlet Letter, Walden, and Leaves of Grass, this great adventure of the sea and the life of the soul is the ultimate achievement of that stunning period in American letters.
Author Biography
Elizabeth Hardwick (1916-2007) is the author of many books and essays, including Herman Melville (Penguin Lives), American Fictions, and Seduction and Betrayal: Women and Literature.
Number of Pages: 632
Dimensions: 1.38 x 8.31 x 5.26 IN
Publication Date: November 26, 1991
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Moby-Dick, Or, the Whale (English)
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 10.3
Point Value: 42