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Moby-Dick is an 1851 novel by Herman Melville. In October 1851，the whole book was first published in three volumes as The Whale in London，and under its definitive title in a single-volume edition in New York in November. The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaling ship Pequod，commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab seeks one specific whale，Moby-Dick，a white whale of tremendous size and ferocity. Comparatively few whaling ships know of Moby-Dick，and fewer yet have encountered him. In a previous encounter，the whale destroyed Ahabs boat and bit off his leg. Ahab intends to exact revenge. Its reputation as a "Great American Novel" was established only in the 20th century，after the centennial of its authors birth.