`Call me Ishmael.` So begins Herman Melville`s masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. As Ishmael is drawn into Captain Ahab`s obsessive quest to slay the white whale Moby-Dick, he finds himself engaged in a metaphysical struggle between good and evil. More than just a novel of adventure, more than an paean to whaling lore and legend, Moby-Dick is a haunting social commentary, populated by some of the most enduring characters in literature.