Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

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About Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Ishmael joins the whaling ship Pequod and finds himself drawn into Captain Ahab’s obsessive pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick. The voyage becomes an expansive meditation on nature, fate, knowledge and obsession.

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Read it for its unforgettable central obsession, sea adventure and ambitious reflections on humanity, nature and the limits of certainty.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Herman Melville

Herman Melville was an American novelist and short-story writer known for maritime fiction and philosophically ambitious prose.

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ObsessionNatureFateKnowledge

Book details

AuthorHerman Melville

First published1851

GenreAdventure classic

Reading levelChallenging

Approx. reading timeAbout 10–14 hours

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LanguageEnglish

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