Moby Dick

Herman Melville's 1851 epic is the great American novel of obsession—a man's monomaniacal pursuit of the white whale that took his leg. Captain Ahab drives the Pequod and its crew across the world's oceans in his quest for vengeance against Moby Dick, the legendary sperm whale. But this is far more than an adventure story: it's a meditation on fate and free will, good and evil, the limits of human knowledge, and man's place in an indifferent universe. Ishmael's narrative encompasses everything from cetology to philosophy, from comedy to tragedy. A Raven's Gate Classics edition with powerful new cover art.