Moby-Dick

This Top Five Classics illustrated edition of Herman Melville' s Moby-Dick includes: • More than 270 black-and-white illustrations by Rockwell Kent from his 1930 Lakeside Press edition • The complete, unabridged text of Melville' s classic from his definitive 1851 American edition • A helpful glossary of terms • Detailed biographies of both Herman Melville and Rockwell Kent Moby-Dick, mostly ignored upon its publication in 1851 and during the author' s lifetime, underwent a dramatic reappraisal during the early years of the 20th century, when it came to epitomize the Great American Novel— in no small part due to the 1930 Lakeside Press edition that featured Rockwell Kent' s starkly beautiful pen-and-ink illustrations that would help define the novel for a new generation of readers. An enigmatic tale of the sea, whaling, and obsession, Melville drew on themes from the Bible and the works of Shakespeare to craft a uniquely American story that continues to fascinate and enthrall today.