A classic of the sea, telling of the pursuit of Moby Dick, the white whale who defied capture.

"The text of this edition presents, fully annotated, the 1899 First Edition text of McTeague, a significant example of American literary naturalism and a commentary on turn-of-the-century American cultural values. Contexts focuses on the novel's sources and composition. Included are newspaper accounts of a San Francisco murder; a description of Norris' Polk Street neighborhood, which figures prominently in McTeague; an examination of the relationship...

This Norton Critical Edition is annotated and edited by the preeminent Gaskell scholar, Alan Shelston.