Moby Dick is the work of American writer and poet, Herman Melville(1819-1891). The novel narrates the story of Ahab, Captain of thewhaler Pequod and his quest to kill the great white whale that givesthe novel its name, as revenge for sinking his previous vessel andlosing one of his legs.
Moby Dick has remained to this day as oneof the great American novels, becoming a synonym of nautical adventure and an archetype of the revenge story.
