Collection
Genres
Status
Available
Description
Classic Literature. Fiction. HTML: The itinerant sailor Ishmael begins a voyage on the whaling ship Pequod whose captain, Ahab, wishes to exact revenge upon the whale Moby-Dick, who destroyed his last ship and took his leg. As they search for the savage white whale, Ishmael questions all aspects of life. The story is woven in complex, lyrical language and uses many theatrical forms, such as stage direction and soliloquy. It is considered the exemplar of American Romanticism, and one of the greatest American novels of all time..
Publication
Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1972.
ISBN
0140430822 / 9780140430820
Pages
1015
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2014