Moby Dick
- First published
- 1851
- Reading level
- Plain English
- Price
- Free
About the book
"Moby Dick; Or, The Whale" by Herman Melville is an epic novel published in 1851. Sailor Ishmael narrates the obsessive quest of Captain Ahab, who commands the whaling ship Pequod in pursuit of Moby Dick, a giant white sperm whale that destroyed his leg. Ahab's monomaniacal hunt for vengeance drives the ship and its diverse crew across the world's oceans, blending realistic whaling details with profound explorations of good, evil, fate, and human nature in this cornerstone of American literature.
- Whaling
- Sea stories
- Psychological fiction
- Ship captains
- Adventure stories
- Mentally ill
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #2701. Moby Dick on Wikipedia.
