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Moby-Dick (1851)
by Herman Melville

Moby-Dick

Medium: novel

Publication date: 18 Oct. 1851

Publisher: Richard Bentley
Written by: Herman Melville


4 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Moby-Dick
(lead character)
villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
sperm whale
[giant, albino sperm whale]
Gold Key Acclaim, etc. 37
Ishmael
(lead character)
supporting character
  [sailor] Gold Key Acclaim, etc. 14
Captain Ahab Captain Ahab (Ahab Ceeley)
(lead character)
lead character
CBR Scale: M Quaker; vengeance
[tyrannical Pequod captain; hunted Moby-Dick] Gold Key 59
Queequeg supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: S Congregationalist (deacon)
[Deacon at First Congregational Church of New Bedford, MA] Gold Key Acclaim, etc. 13

This novel is also known as: Moby-Dick, or The Whale or Moby Dick or Mobey Dick or Mobey-Dick.