Moby Dick

A restless sailor. A vengeful captain. A white whale that has become the object of an obsession powerful enough to doom an entire ship.Seeking escape from life on shore, Ishmael joins the crew of the Pequod, a whaling vessel bound for the distant seas. Only after the voyage has begun does its formidable captain, Ahab, reveal his true purpose: he intends to hunt Moby Dick, the enormous white sperm whale that destroyed his leg. What should have been a commercial voyage becomes a relentless pursuit across the world's oceans as Ahab demands that his crew share in his private war against the creature.Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is far more than a tale of maritime adventure. Blending suspense, tragedy, philosophy, symbolism, humour, and extraordinary accounts of nineteenth-century whaling, Melville explores obsession, fate, mortality, good and evil, and humanity's struggle to comprehend the immense and mysterious forces of nature. Monumental in scope and unforgettable in its final confrontation, Moby-Dick remains one of the defining masterpieces of American literature.