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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 epic novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book centers on the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship's previous voyage. A contribution to the literature of the American Renaissance, Moby-Dick was published to mixed reviews, was a commercial failure, and was out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891. Its reputation as a Great American Novel was established only in the 20th century, after the
Herman Melville's 1851 novel *Moby-Dick* follows a sailor named Ishmael as he recounts Captain Ahab's obsessive quest for revenge against the white whale that destroyed his ship and took his leg. Though initially a commercial failure, the book became recognized in the 20th century as one of the great works of American literature.
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- Author
- Herman Melville
- First published
- 1851
- Editions
- 1,116
- Subjects
- American Sea stories, Mentally ill, Whaling, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Whales, great_books_of_the_western_world, Translations into French, Literature
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- Book.name
- Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
- Book.image
- Moby-Dick FE title page.jpg
- Book.border
- no
- Book.caption
- The cover of the first American edition of Moby-Dick, published in November 1851
- Book.author
- Herman Melville
- Book.country
- United States
- Book.language
- English
- Book.release_date
- October 18, 1851 (United Kingdom)November 14, 1851 (United States)
- Book.dewey
- 813.3
- Book.congress
- PZ3.M498 Mo3
- Book.wikisource
- Moby-Dick (Melville)
- Book.pages
- 635 (U.S. edition)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Herman Melville
- Genre
- adventure fiction
- Country of origin
- United States
- Main subject
- whaling
- Image
- Moby-Dick FE title page.jpg
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- epigraph
- Oh, the rare old Whale, mid storm and gale <br> In his ocean home will be <br> A giant in might, where might is right, <br> And King of the boundless sea.
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- Moby Dick
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- Category:Moby-Dick
- first line
- Call me Ishmael.
- publication date
- 1851-11-14
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- Moby-Dick
- language of work or name
- English language
- inspired by
- shipwrecking
- inception
- 1850-00-00
- title
- Moby-Dick
- copyright status
- public domain
- subtitle
- or, The Whale
- form of creative work
- novel
- Dewey Decimal Classification (works and editions)
- 813.3
- Library of Congress Classification (works and editions)
- PS2384
- set in environment
- ship
- number of parts of this work
- 1
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- last line
- It was the devious-cruising Rachel, that in her retracing search after her missing children, only found another orphan.
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