/lit/ - Literature

I live in Paris and I decided that I wanted to read Moby Dick in English. Over the spawn of one week, I've been to a dozen bookstores selling English books, a few ones selling exclusively that, but I can not find it. The book is so well-known and acclaimed that I found it weird the first few times, now I'm more or less convinced that there is a conspiracy against me reading Moby Dick in English. When I tried to order it at a bookstore they told me that it was pointless because they received nothing from abroad at the moment (while another clerk was stacking new books a few meters away). In another bookstore, the lady pretended not to know who Melville was and I had to insist really hard for her to go look on the computer if they had Moby Dick (I had to spell it to her). I eventually decided to order it online (I hate to do that), two weeks have passed and I still haven't received anything. Of course Amazon pretends that I did.
I have come to the conclusion that there is something in this book that would be very decisive if I was to read it, that I would have a life-changing revelation, possibly not only life-changing for me but for everyone. This must be lost in the translation since I could buy it right now. It is pointless to download it as I would have no way to know if it has been tempered. I have two theories. Either this is a small conspiracy and I'm being followed, and as soon as I enter a bookstore someone quickly buys all the Moby Dicks in English. Or, and this is more concerning, the conspiracy is very big and is not only about me, and the current lack of Moby Dick is nationwide and will last until they (who ?) reprint it, editing the important part. This would mean that I would have to find an issue in an used bookstore before any of their agents can find it, which would require a lot of luck. I'm seriously considering taking the Eurostar to London to buy it there this week-end because I doubt they will have covered that (especially in an used bookstore). I would appreciate it if any anon based in London could verify the availability of Moby Dick, and the conformity of the edition being sold to the edition you own (and if there is no conformity as I fear it might be, if any anon could sell me his edition).