Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville is an epic novel first published in 1851. The story is told by Ishmael, a young sailor who joins the whaling ship Pequod. The ship is led by Captain Ahab, a fierce and determined man obsessed with hunting Moby Dick, a huge white sperm whale that once destroyed his leg.
Driven by his desire for revenge, Ahab takes his crew on a dangerous journey across the world’s oceans. Along the way, the novel combines vivid descriptions of life at sea and the whaling industry with deeper questions about fate, good and evil, obsession, and human nature.
Today, Moby-Dick is considered one of the greatest works of American literature and a classic story of adventure, revenge, and the struggle between man and nature.