Inside the story
Meet Moby Dick
Moby Dick is a legendary great white sperm whale, known for his uncanny intelligence and savage nature. After maiming Captain Ahab, he becomes the object of Ahab’s consuming pursuit aboard the whaling ship Pequod.
On the page
A colossal sperm whale of unnatural snow-white color, with a wrinkled, high pyramidal white brow, a deformed crooked lower jaw, and a distinctive hump like a snow-hill; his pale hide scarred and bristling with old broken harpoons and lances from past encounters.
