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Moby-Dick

by Herman Melville

1851 · Novel · Adventure

Open Library OL102749W

Ishmael ships on the Pequod under a captain hunting one white whale. The book stops for whales, work, and metaphysics, then returns to the chase.

About the author

Melville’s Moby-Dick begins as a whaling voyage and becomes a meditation on obsession, work, and what cannot be charted. The narrative voice never sits still for long. More of this shelf for Herman Melville.

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