Today marks the 161st anniversary of Herman Melville – initially neglected masterpiece’s publication in Britain in 1951. Google has him on its masthead.
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale has become Melville’s most famous work and is often considered one of the greatest literary works of all time. It was dedicated to Melville’s friend Nathaniel Hawthorne. It did not, however, make Melville rich. The book never sold its initial printing of 3,000 copies in his lifetime, and total earnings from the American edition amounted to just $556.37 from his publisher, Harper & Brothers.
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