Moby Dick is a novel by Herman Melville, published in London in October as The Whale and a month later in New York City as Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. It is dedicated to Nathaniel Hawthorne. Moby Dick is generally regarded as Melville’s magnum opus and one of the greatest American novels. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, published in , recounts the adventures of the narrator Ishmael as he sails on the whaling ship, Pequod, under the command of the monomaniacal Captain Ahab. Melville dedicated the book to fellow Dark Romantic, Nathaniel Hawthorne: "In token of my admiration for his genius, this book is inscribed to Nathaniel Hawthorne.". Author. Melville, Herman, Title. Moby Dick; Or, The Whale. Note. Project Gutenberg eBook #15 is believed to have the highest quality of the three editions of this eBook in the Project Gutenberg collection. # and # are the others. In addition, there is a computer-generated audio eBook, #, and a human audio performance.
Moby Dick. The great white sperm whale. Moby Dick, also referred to as the White Whale, is an infamous and dangerous threat to seamen, considered by Ahab the incarnation of evil and a fated nemesis. Read an in-depth analysis of Moby Dick. Starbuck. The first mate of the Pequod. Moby-Dick Was Published Years Ago. Dive in Right Here. It was Oct. 18, , when Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; or, The Whale was first published. Though it was not an immediate hit, and. by Herman Melville. Also known as The Whale, this is the story of Ishmael, a sailor aboard the Pequod with Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon realizes that vengeful Ahab's only mission is to find the sperm whale, Moby Dick. Source: Melville H. (). Moby Dick.
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Moby-Dick; or The Whale, by Herman Melville This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, published in , recounts the adventures of the narrator Ishmael as he sails on the whaling ship, Pequod, under the command of the monomaniacal Captain Ahab. Melville dedicated the book to fellow Dark Romantic, Nathaniel Hawthorne: "In token of my admiration for his genius, this book is inscribed to Nathaniel Hawthorne.". Ishmael, the narrator of Moby Dick, seeks “freedom” from his life in New York City, and decides to head north to New Bedford, Massachusetts, to find a job on a whaling ship. In New Bedford, at the Spouter Inn, Ishmael meets Queequeg, a “native” man from Kokovoko, in the Pacific isles, who is trained as a harpooner on whale-ships—a man who actually hunts and catches whales.
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