Herman Melville

In the dark depths of the bottomless sea dwells a white demon, taking shape as the Leviathan known as Moby Dick....

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

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....

On a previous voyage, a mysterious white whale had ripped off the leg of a sea captain named Ahab. Now the crew of the Pequod, on a pursuit that features constant adventure and horrendous mishaps, must follow the mad Ahab into the abyss to satisfy his unslakeable thirst for vengeance. Narrated...

Featured title on PBS's The Great American Read in 2018 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. With godlike...

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. Labeled variously a realistic story of whaling, a romance of unusual adventure and eccentric characters, a symbolic allegory...

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

One of the great works of American literature, Moby-Dick is the epic tale of one man’s fight against a force of nature. The outcast youth Ishmael, succumbing to wanderlust during a dreary New England autumn, signs up for passage aboard a whaling ship. The Pequod sails under the command of the...

A splash of the sea and the salt in the ocean air signals the beginning of the greatest whaling adventure of all time. This is literature's great voyage...

The sailor Ishmael gets himself hired on the "Pequod" for a whaling voyage, and tells the story of an astounding journey and of the obsessed Captain...

Fully restored and remastered, Heritage Media presents the greatest of vintage artists in classic dramas from English and Irish Literature....

This is the incredible story of the crazed captain Ahab who, consumed by his desire for revenge, drives his crew to scour the oceans of the world for the fearsome white whale, Moby Dick....

From its famous opening line to its thunderous final confrontation, Moby Dick by Herman Melville stands as one of the great monuments of American literature. Narrated by Ishmael, the novel follows the whaling ship Pequod as it sails under the command of Captain Ahab—a man consumed by his...

An adapted and illustrated edition of Herman Melville's Moby Dick - at an easy-to-read level for all ages! Ishmael is looking for work at sea and joins...

The Herman Melville Collection includes 4 of Melville's most beloved works: Moby Dick; Bartleby, the Scrivener; Billy Budd; and Typee.

A ship of whalers seeks the large white whale that caused the captain to lose his leg....

Herman Melville's life and writings continue to resonate with readers, inviting them into a world of adventure, philosophy, and introspection. His works inspire deep reflection on the human condition and the mysteries of existence....

Moby Dick, which has been considered the great American novel, was first published in 1851. For material, Melville drew on his experience on whaling ships between 1841 and 1844, the sinking of the whaling vessel Essex in 1820, and extensive perusal of literature on whaling....

The wilderness--forest, desert, glacier, jungle--has been the scene of the past century's most exciting stories, inspiring many of its greatest writers....

A sailor called Ishmael narrates the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale which on a previous voyage destroyed Ahab’s ship and severed his leg at the knee....