赫爾曼·梅爾維爾（1819-1891），19世紀美國最偉大的小說傢、散文傢和詩人之一，與納撒尼爾·霍桑齊名，梅爾維爾身前沒有引起應有的重視，在20世紀二十年代聲名鵲起，被普遍認為是美國文學的巔峰人物之一。 英國作傢毛姆認為他的《白鯨》是世界十大文學名著之一，其文學史地位更在馬剋·吐溫等人之上。梅爾維爾也被譽為美國的“莎士比亞”。

Herman Melville was an American novelist, writer of short stories, and poet from the American Renaissance period. Most of his writings were published between 1846 and 1857. Best known for his whaling novel Moby Dick (1851). Melville's writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. The main characteristic of his style is probably its heavy allusiveness, a reflection of his use of written sources. Melville's way of adapting what he read for his own new purposes, scholar Stanley T. Williams wrote, "was a transforming power comparable to Shakespeare's".

《白鯨》講的是裴廓德號捕鯨船在船長亞哈的帶領下與白鯨莫比·迪剋之間進行的一場殊死搏鬥。主人公亞哈因為捕鯨被莫比·迪剋咬掉瞭一條腿，他帶著復仇的誓言再次齣海。幾經輾轉，終於遭遇白鯨。經過三天追蹤，亞哈最後擊中白鯨，但船被白鯨撞破，亞哈被魚叉上的繩子纏住，帶入海中。全船隻有水手以實瑪力一人得救，他以他的敘述口吻和迴憶講述瞭這個驚心動魄的海上曆險故事。

This is the exciting adventure of Captain Ahab's fervent hunt for the great white whale named Moby Dick. When Ishmael, a young adventurer, decides to join a whaling ship, he discovers that its commander, the one-legged Captain Ahab, has only one goal to get revenge on the whale that crippled him! The spine-tingling search for Moby Dick is underway-leaving Ishmael and the rest of the crew to fight for their lives! Herman Melville's great novel is one of the cornerstones of American literature. Beautifully illustrated, this classic comic graphic novel captures the imagination of readers of all ages and inspires a love of literature and reading.