Herman Melville\'s classic novel "Moby Dick" tells the story of Captain Ahab and his quest to avenge the death of his beloved white whale, Moby Dick. Along the way, readers are taken on a journey of adventure, discovery,
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Herman Melville was an American writer of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella. At the time of his death, Melville was not well known to the public, but 1919, the centennial of his birth, was the starting point of a Melville revival. Moby-Dick would eventually be considered one of the Great American Novels.