Moby-Dick (Penguin English Library)[莫比迪克/白鲸]

图书标准信息

• 作者 Herman Melville（赫尔曼·麦尔维尔） 著
• 出版社 Penguin Books
• 出版时间 2012-04
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780141198958
• 定价 67.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 720页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

ThePenguinEnglishLibraryEditionofMoby-DickbyHermanMelville.

'Thefrailgunwalesbentin,collapsed,andsnapped,asbothjaws,likeanenormousshears,slidingfurtheraft,bitthecraftcompletelyintwain...'

Moby-Dickisoneofthemostexpansivefeatsofimaginationinthewholeofliterature:themad,raging,ShakespeareantaleofCaptainAhab'sinsanequesttokillagiantwhitewhalethathastakenhisleg,anduponwhichhehasswornvengeance,atanycost.Acreationunlikeanyother,thisisanepicstoryoffatalmonomaniaandthedeepestdreamsandobsessionsofmankind.

ThePenguinEnglishLibrary-100editionsofthebestfictioninEnglish,fromtheeighteenthcenturyandtheveryfirstnovelstothebeginningoftheFirstWorldWar.

【作者简介】

HermanMelville(1819-91)becameinhislatetwentiesahighlysuccessfulauthorofexoticnovelsbasedonhisexperiencesasasailor-writinginquicksuccessionTypee,Omoo,RedburnandWhite-Jacket.However,hismasterpieceMoby-Dickwasmetwithincomprehensionandtheotherlaterworkswhicharenowthebasisofhisreputation,suchasBartleby,theScrivenerandTheConfidence-Man,werefailures.Melvillestoppedwritingfictionandtherestofhislonglifewasspentfirstasalecturerandthen,fornineteenyears,asacustomsofficialinNewYorkCity.HewasalsotheauthoroftheimmenselylongpoemClarel,whichwassimilarlydismissed.AttheendofhislifehewroteBillyBudd,Sailor,publishedposthumouslyin1924.

TheConfidence-ManandBillyBudd,SailorarepublishedtogetherinthePenguinEnglishLibrary.