Melville's Moby-Dick? stands as one of the very finest novels ever written. His Captain Ahab is one of the greatest characters in American fiction -- a Quaker sea captain obsessed with killing the mighty whale who has cost him one of his legs. |
Melville's Moby Dick stands as one of the very finest novels ever written. His Captain Ahab is one of the greatest characters in American fiction -- a Quaker sea captain obsessed with killing the mighty whale who has cost him one of his legs. |