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American author Herman Melville published his first novel, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, in 1851. The story of Ahab, the captain of the whaling ship Pequod, and his irrational pursuit for vengeance against Moby Dick, the huge white sperm whale that wounded him on a previous journey, is told in the book by the sailor Ishmael. Moby-Dick, a work that contributed to the literature of the American Renaissance, had received mixed reviews upon publication, was a commercial flop, and was out of print when the author passed away in 1891. It wasn't until the 20th century, on the centennial of its author's birth in 1919, that it gained recognition as a "Great American Novel." William Faulkner expressed regret for not having written the novel himself, while D. H. Lawrence praised it as "the best book of the sea ever written" and "one of the oddest and most wonderful books in the world." One of the most well-known starting lines in all of literature is "Call me Ishmael." Moby-Dick was started by Melville in February 1850, and it was finished a year later than he had intended, in 18 months. Melville drew on his observations as a common sailor between 1841 and 1844, especially those of whalers, as well as extensive reading in the literature on whaling.
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“First book, except from the Bible ,that I truly wanted to read by myself.
I really liked the Idea of going to sea and reminiscing and like the aspects of speaking about good and evil or symbolism, the deep talks.
I found the book did have this but it was pretty boring and the old English is hard to understand while all of the explaining of a whales anatomy and the ship bored me incredibly much.
I can’t believe I finished this book ( although I did skip some chapters )
I think I was able to do it because I had free time before starting my first semester of Uni.
Gets 2 Stars because of the philosophical idea and the first 50 pages were pretty ok.”
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