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'''''Moby-Dick''''' (full title: '''''Moby-Dick, or, the Whale,''''') a [[Christian]] [[novel]] by [[Herman Melville]] published in 1851, is considered one of the finest novels in the [[English]] language. The facts concern an obsession by one Captain Ahab to hunt and kill an albino whale named Moby-Dick. The novel addresses the human struggle for meaning, happiness, and salvation. Historians view ''Moby-Dick'' as the epitome of American Romanticism. "Call me Ishmael" is the famous beginning of the book, and it cites other biblical figures and themes throughout its story.
'''''Moby-Dick''''' (full title: '''''Moby-Dick, or, the Whale,''''') a [[Christian]] [[novel]] by [[Herman Melville]] published in 1851, is considered one of the finest novels in the [[English]] language. The facts concern an obsession by one Captain Ahab to hunt and kill an albino whale named Moby-Dick. The novel addresses the human struggle for meaning, happiness, and salvation. Historians view ''Moby-Dick'' as the epitome of American Romanticism. "Call me Ishmael" is the famous beginning of the book, and it cites other biblical figures and themes throughout its story.
The story begins with a lengthy onshore prelude. The narrator decides to enlist as a sailor:
{{quotation|Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off--then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.}}
== Reception ==
== Reception ==