Moby Dick (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Herman Melville
- First Published: 1851
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: Early nineteenth century
- Setting: High seas
- Principal Characters: Ishmael, Queequeg, Ahab, Starbuck, Stubb, Fedallah
- Genres: Long fiction, Adventure, Sea story
- Subjects: Nature, Nineteenth century, Antiheroes, Ships, Sailing or sailors, Amputation, amputees, or prosthetics, Sea or seafaring life, Romanticism, Tattoos, Whales or whaling
- Locales: Boston, MA, Oceans, Nantucket Island
The Story:
Ishmael was a schoolmaster who often felt that he must leave his quiet existence and go to sea. Much of his life had been spent as a sailor, and his voyages were a means of ridding himself of the restlessness which frequently seized him. One day, he decided that he would sign on a whaling ship, and packing his carpetbag, he left Manhattan and set out, bound for Cape Horn and the Pacific.
On his arrival in New Bedford, he went to the Spouter Inn near the waterfront to spend the night. There he found he could have a bed only if he consented to share it with a...
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