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Jun 1, 2024 · Moby Dick is a novel by Herman Melville, published in London in October 1851 as The Whale and a month later in New York City as Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. It is dedicated to Nathaniel Hawthorne. Moby Dick is generally regarded as Melville’s magnum opus and one of the greatest American novels.
- The action of Moby Dick takes place largely on Captain Ahab’s whaling ship, the Pequod, while sailing in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans.
- When Moby Dick was first published, the public was unimpressed. It sold fewer than 4,000 copies in total, including fewer than 600 in the United Ki...
- The whale Moby Dick has been interpreted as a metaphor for a great many things, from the Judeo-Christian God to atheism and everything in between....
- Moby Dick gained recognition as an important American novel in the 1920s, more than half a century after its publication. Its fame subsequently gre...
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Jun 20, 2024 · Two beluga whales, 15-year-old Plombir and 14-year-old Miranda, have been rescued from Kharkiv, Ukraine. The pair were taken to an aquarium in Valencia, Spain in a complex operation that saw them...
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1 day ago · Gift article. ROCKLAND – A graveside committal service with military honors for William F. Daggett, who passed away on April 12, 2024 will be held at 11 a.m., Friday June 28 at Achorn Cemetery ...