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Moby Dick
by Herman Melville (1819 - 1891)

Type of Work:

Allegorical novel

Setting

The high Seas; early nineteenth century

Principal Characters

Ishmael, a teacher-seaman (and narrator)
Queequeg, a hardened and savage harpooner
Ahab, captain of the Pequod
Starbuck and Stubb, Ahab's first and second mates
Fedallah, Captain Ahab's Parsee servant and seer