Revenge is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.
First published in 1851, Moby Dick is widely regarded as one of the greatest novels in the English language. Moby Dick, Melville’s masterpiece, is also considered one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history.
Moby Dick is the epic story of Captain Ahab, the vengeful whaler, and his pursuit of Moby Dick, the mysterious white whale that destroyed his boat and left Ahab a crippled and obsessive monomaniac.
But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopedia of whaling knowledge and legend, the story can be seen as part of its author's lifelong meditation on America.
