Moby Dick

<p><em>Moby-Dick</em> by Herman Melville is a classic American novel about Captain Ahab's obsessive quest to hunt down Moby Dick a giant white whale that once maimed him.</p><p>Told through the eyes of a sailor named Ishmael the story explores themes of revenge fate man versus nature and the limits of knowledge. As Ahab's monomaniacal pursuit drives the crew of the whaling ship <em>Pequod</em> toward destruction the novel becomes a profound meditation on existence and the human condition.      </p><p></p><p></p><p></p>