PART ONE OF TWO

The novel was first published by Richard Bentley
in London on 18 October 1851 as an expurgated three-volume edition entitled The
Whale, then as a single volume by Harper and Brothers, as Moby-Dick;
or, The Whale, in New York on 14 November 1851. Although the book
initially received mostly negative reviews, Moby-Dick is now considered
to be one of the greatest novels in the English language, and has secured
Melville's reputation in the first rank of American writers. The first line of
the book ("Call me Ishmael") is one of the most famous in American
literature.



 


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