Herman Melville · 1851 · Adventure
Ishmael signs onto a Nantucket whaler captained by a man whose pursuit of one particular white whale has long since stopped being about whaling. A cathedral of a novel — part adventure, part theology, part marine biology — and a foundational work of American literature.
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About the author
Herman MelvilleAmerican · 1819–1891
Herman Melville (1819–1891) published Moby-Dick in 1851 to mixed reviews, watched it go out of print in his lifetime, and died in obscurity.
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