Melville's Moby-Dick? stands as one of the very finest novels ever written. His Captain Ahab is one of the greatest characters in American fiction -- a Quaker sea captain obsessed with killing the mighty whale who has cost him one of his legs.
"Moby-Dick" was poorly received when first published.
Melville also wrote White-Jacket?, Typee, Omoo?, Pierre?, [The Confidence Man]? and many short stories and works of various genres.
Melville was a friend of Nathaniel Hawthorne and a New York City Customs agent.
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