Moby-Dick Moby-Dick Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship "Pequod", for revenge on Moby Dick, the white whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit off Ahab's leg at the knee. A contribution to the literature of the American Renaissance, the work's genre classifications range from late Romantic to early Symbolist. "Moby-Dick" was published to mixed reviews, was a commercial failure, and was out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891. Its reputation as
Moby Dick (1930 film) "Moby Dick" was produced. The German version was titled "Dämon des Meeres" and was directed by Michael Curtiz. According to Warner Bros records the film earned $579,000 domestically and $218,000 foreign. The film survives intact and has been broadcast on television and cable and is available through Warner Archive DVD-on-demand. "Moby Dick" was considered a loose adaptation of the novel; Marc Di Paolo said it was "a poorly conceived "and" unfaithful version . . . in which Ahab . . . slays the white whale at the end and goes home to his true love." Walter C. Metz said the