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How Moby-Dick became an American classic
Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick was a commercial failure when it appeared in 1851 and fell out of print. Decades after his death, readers rediscovered the novel, turning its tale of Captain Ahab’s hunt into an enduring American classic.
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