Herman Melville (1819-1891), American author, best known for his novels of the sea and especially for his masterpiece Moby Dick(external link) (1851), a whaling adventure dedicated to Nathaniel Hawthorne. The work was only recognized as a masterpiece years after Melville's death.

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