- Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by American writer Herman Melville, published in 1851 during the period of the American Renaissance.
- m)[2] (larger than any officially recorded sperm whale)[3] and that Moby Dick is possibly the largest sperm whale that ever lived.
- Melville named his whale Moby Dick after the great Mocha Dick. Melville's novel was published in 1851, but it only sold 3715 copies during his lifetime.
- The Project Gutenberg EBook of Moby Dick; or The Whale, by Herman Melville This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no...
- McNamara, Robert. "Was Moby Dick a Real Whale?" ThoughtCo, Apr. 5, 2023, thoughtco.com/was-moby-dick-a-real-whale-1774069.
- Moby Dick is a fictional white sperm whale created by Herman Melville for his 1851 novel Moby-Dick; or, The Whale.
- Moby Dick (1851) also began as an adventure story, based on Melville's experiences aboard the whaling ship.
- "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale", the allegorical novel about Captain Ahab’s search to kill a great white whale, was based on real-life events.
- ...commerce but is seeking one specific whale, Moby-Dick, a great white whale infamous for his giant size and his ability to destroy the whalers that seek him.
- The novel is a story of Captain Ahab’s obsessive quest for revenge against Moby Dick, a giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg in a previous voyage.
