Moby-Dick
Captain Ahab hunts a white whale, and the crew follows him.
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Year
- 1851
- Language
- English
A sea novel that is at once an adventure, a manual of whaling and a meditation on obsession.
About the book
Ishmael tells the voyage of the Pequod. Between the scenes of action come chapters on whales, ropes and the sea.
Why read it
Because it asks for time and pays it back: Ahab’s obsession stays with you.