Genre
Adventure fiction
Moby-Dick
A vast sea classic about obsession and the unknowable.
Details
Subgenre
Philosophical sea epic
Original publication
1851
Original publisher
Harper and Brothers
Pages
635
Format
Paperback, hardcover and ebook editions
Language
English
Setting
A whaling voyage aboard the Pequod
ISBN
9780142437247
Original title
Moby-Dick
About the book
Ishmael joins a whaling ship commanded by Captain Ahab, whose pursuit of the white whale becomes an all-consuming obsession.
A monumental recommendation for readers who want sea adventure, obsession, symbolism, digression and a truly ambitious classic.
Moby-Dick is part adventure, part encyclopedia, part sermon and part metaphysical storm.
It is best for readers who welcome density, symbolic force, maritime detail and a book that feels larger than its plot.
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