Moby-Dick
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The great American novel by Herman Melville (1819-1891) about Captain Ahab's hunt for the white whale that took his leg was first published in 1851 in a British edition of 500 copies as The Whale. A month later, the American edition (2,915 copies) was published under the title Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. Note the typographical conventrion:
- the title of the novel should be hyphenated, Moby-Dick
- the name of the whale at the centre of the story is not hyphenated: Moby Dick.
