Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

AuthorHerman Melville
GenreFiction, Novel
Original LanguageEnglish
First published1851
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NotesMoby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the white whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit off Ahab's leg at the knee. The novel was first published in the UK on October 18, 1851, and in the USA on November 14, 1851.
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