Moby-Dick

:For the Led Zeppelin song, see Moby Dick (song).

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Moby-Dick – the hyphen in the title is present in the original edition – is a novel by Herman Melville. It was first published by Richard Bentley in expurgated form (in three volumes) as The Whale in London on 18 October 1851, and then in full, by Harper and Brothers, as Moby-Dick; or, The Whale in New York on 14 November 1851, in a single volume. Moby-Dick's style was revolutionary for its time: descriptions in intricate, imaginative, and varied prose of the methods of whale-hunting, the adventure, and the narrator's reflections interweave the story's themes with a huge swath of Western literature, history, religion, mythology, philosophy, and science. Although its initial reception was unfavorable, Moby-Dick is now considered to be one of the canonical novels in the English language, and has secured Melville's reputation in the first rank of American writers.

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Novel - Herman Melville - London - 18 October - 1851 - New York - 14 November - Whale - Literature - History - Religion - Mythology - Philosophy - Science - Canonical novels - English language

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