Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm... Wikipedia
Originally published: October 18, 1851
Author: Herman Melville
Characters: Captain Ahab, Ishmael, Queequeg, and more
First line: Call me Ishmael
Dewey Decimal: 813.3
Genre: Adventure fiction; epic; sea story; encyclopedic novel
LC Class: PZ3.M498 Mo3