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Moby-Dick: or, The Whale (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) – $250
by rgonzalezr
November 14 marks the 150th anniversary of Melville’s salty saga of vengeance and obsession. Now a contender for the great American novel, this book was harpooned at the time of its 1851 publication by critics who found it overly long and boorish (observations no doubt still shared by countless high school students). They felt that like Ahab, the story didn’t have much of a leg to stand on. The once lucrative whaling industry also was in its death throes and […]
Categories: Clásicos, Novela Ficción • Tags: classics, Melville, Moby Dick, penguin, The Whale