Moby Dick

By Herman Melville


New York

Knoff

1991

Copyright 1851


This is the story of ‘man versus whale’. Captain Ahab is searching for the whale,Moby Dick.

This is a lyrical, leisurely paced tale featuring the dish-New England clam chowder.The characters in this novel are flawed and it can be seen to be a classic novel.This novel also clearly portrays the “obsession in men “.


“it was made of small juicy clams ,scarcely bigger than hazel nuts, mixed with pounded ship biscuit and salted pork cut up into little flakes : the whole enriched with butter and plentifully seasoned with pepper and salt”

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