Great Books
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The most mysterious character in American literature may well be a great white whale. It represents what is at once beautiful, terrifying and incomprehensible in the universe. The story of an obsessed captain and his quest to hunt down and kill the great white whale has become part of our consciousness re-told in everything from comic books to Hollywood movies. It's a tall tale about pursuit into the unknown, a tale encompassing humankind's history on earth, and its struggle between reason and madness, good and evil.