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Moby-Dick takes place in the 19th century and follows the journey of the Pequod, a whaling ship captained by the monomaniacal Ahab. Ahab is obsessed with his quest for vengeance against the white whale Moby Dick, a sperm whale responsible for the loss of Ahab's leg.