Moby Dick was written by the American author Herman Melville.
It was published in 1851.
It is a very famous book and there are many adaptations of it (films, comic strips etc.)
It is considered as one of the best books in world literature.
It tells the story of Ishmael (the narrator) and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod. The tyrannical captain of the ship, Captain Ahab, pursues a sperm whale on which he wants to take revenge.
