Herman Melville

Despite being published in 1851, Moby Dick appears at number 17 in The Guardian’s ‘The 100 best novels written in English’; a testament to its continued popularity....

Moby-Dick is widely considered to be the Great American Novel and a treasure of world literature....

"Call me Ishmael." Thus starts the greatest American novel....

On a previous voyage, a mysterious white whale had ripped off the leg of a sea captain named Ahab....

Reegarded by many as the greatest American novel, Herman Melville’s tale of the hunt for the white whale, Moby-Dick, is a sublime work of the imagination, an American Odyssey.

Its famous opening line, "Call me Ishmael", dramatic in its stark simplicity, begins an epic that is widely regarded as the greatest novel ever written by an American....

Ignoring prophecies of doom, the seafarer Ishmael joins the crew of a whaling expedition that is an obsession for the ship's captain, Ahab. Once maimed by the White Whale, Moby Dick, Ahab has set out on a voyage of revenge....

Herman Melville’s tale of corporate discontent, Bartleby, the Scrivener, tells the story of a quiet, hardworking legal copyist who works in an office in the Wall Street area of New York City....

A great new collection of classic short fiction, brilliantly read by a selection of narrators....

Captain Ahab dismisses the crew’s catch when he confirms that it isn’t Moby Dick and an encounter with another ship makes him even more determined....

The outcast youth Ishmael, succumbing to wanderlust during a dreary New England autumn, signs up for passage aboard a whaling ship....

Moby-Dick or The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale....

Called the greatest book about the sea ever written by D.H. Lawrence, Moby Dick features detailed descriptions of whale hunting and whale oil extraction as well as beautiful, incisive writing on race, class, religion, art, and society....

Captain Ahab’s crew try to harpoon a whale but is it Moby Dick? Find out....

Ishmael and the crew pursue a believed sighting of Moby Dick on the whaling boats but they lose sight of the Pequod and are left stranded at sea....

The grim reality of whaling hits Ishmael hard....

Ishmael embarks on his adventure and meets Queequeg along the way; instantly forming a close bond....

The Pequod’s voyage reaches the Java sea as Captain Ahab continues his hunt for Moby Dick....

The Pequod sets sail with Ishmael and Queequeg on board. Captain Ahab sets out his plan to seek revenge....

Billy Budd, an orphaned, illegitimate child suffused with innocence, openness, and natural charisma, has been impressed into service aboard the HMS Bellipotent....