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Moby Dick by Herman Melville





Moby Dick

by Herman Melville
Viking Penguin; November 1992

 

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Description:
Herman Melville's classic Moby Dick is a mythic novel about a doomed whaling expedition. It's a robust adventure and a deep exploration of spiritual yearnings that continues to have relevance for contemporary readers.

Our panel:
Bob Harmon
Jackie Shelton
Susie Robinson
Chuck Alvey

Links for this book:
Ed Friedlander, M.D.
Contemporary Criticism and Reviews

Also by this author:
Billy Budd; Doubleday Dell Publishing Group; March 1981

The Confidence-Man;
Northwestern University Press; December 1984

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