Paperback, 230 pages
English language
Published Jan. 2, 1962 by The University of Chicago Press.
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This volume provides the first accurate version of Melville's final novel and differs in important aspects from editions previously available. Through exhaustive study the editors have evolved the definitive text and have shed new light on this widely discussed work of fiction. (back cover)
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- 19th century fiction
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