Moby-Dick, written by Herman Melville and published in 1851, is considered one of the greatest American novels. The story follows Ishmael, a young sailor who joins the whaling ship Pequod, commanded by the monomaniacal Captain Ahab. Consumed by an obsessive desire for revenge, Ahab hunts Moby Dick, the giant white whale that severed his leg during a previous voyage. As the crew pursues the whale across the oceans, the novel explores profound themes of obsession, fate, good and evil, and humanity's struggle against nature. The tragic final confrontation destroys the ship, leaving Ishmael as the sole survivor to tell the tale.
