Moby-Dick

Moby-Dick is one of the great epics in all of literature. Captain Ahab''s hunt for the white whale drives the narrative at a relentless pace, while Ishmael''s meditations on whales and whaling, on the sublime indifference of nature, and on the grimy physical details of the extraction of oil provide a reflective counterpoint to the headlong idolatrous quest. Sometimes read as a terrifying study of ...