Moby Dick (or "the Whale") - The Complete Classic With Illustrations

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Moby Dick or "the Whale", written by American author Herman Melville and first published in 1851, is widely considered to be a great American novel and a treasure of world literature. The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that on this voyage Ahab has one purpose, to seek out a specific whale: Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg, which now drives Ahab to take revenge.

Moby-Dick has been classified as American Romanticism. It was first published by Richard Bentley in London on October 18, 1851. Although the book initially received mixed reviews, Moby-Dick is now considered part of the Western canon,and at the centre of the canon of American novels