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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by Herman Melville, first published in 1851.[2] It is considered to be one of the Great American Novels.
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Author | Herman Melville |
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Language | English |
Genre | Adventure novel, Epic, Sea story |
Publisher | Richard Bentley (Britain) Harper & Brothers (U.S.) |
Publication date | October 18, 1851 (Britain) November 14, 1851 (U.S.) |
Pages | 635 (U.S. first edition)[1] |
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Moby-Dick has been classified as American Romanticism. It was first published by Richard Bentley in London on October 18, 1851, in an expurgated three-volume edition titled The Whale, and weeks later as a single volume, by New York City publisher Harper and Brothers as Moby-Dick; or, The Whale on November 14, 1851. The book initially received mixed reviews, but is now considered part of the Western canon,[3] and at the center of the canon of American novels.