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Who is the author of 'Moby Dick'?
Answer
Herman Melville
Herman Melville published Moby Dick in 1851. It's an epic novel about Captain Ahab's obsession with hunting the white whale.
💡 Did you know?
Moby Dick was initially a commercial failure and was not widely recognized as a masterpiece until decades later.
Other options people guess
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Mark Twain
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Topics
- Herman Melville
- adventure
- classics
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