Moby Dick covers subjects such as racism, hierarchical relationships, politics, good and evil. None of this is lost in the Compact Edition. What have been cut are lengthy descriptions of whaling history and whales and some philosophical observations and reflections. Still an allegorical epic though.
| Primary Genre | Classic fiction: general and literary |
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Moby Dick is available in Hardback, Paperback, Ebook, CD-Audio
Moby Dick was written by Herman Melville and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Random House Group
Moby Dick has 688 pages
£28.79