Moby-dick (Dover Publications Inc.)

Herman Melville (1819–1891) found early success with stories inspired żeby his adventures in the South Seas. His fortunes declined with the 1851 publication of Moby-Dick, now recognized as a masterpiece but scorned żeby Melville’s contemporaries. The author was obliged to work as a New York City customs inspector and died in obscurity, three decades before the critical reassessment of his work.