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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale · Moby-Dick, Title and publication · block 2

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by HERMAN MELVILLE, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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Herman Melville · 1851
Project Gutenberg #15, credited to Eugene F. Irey; updated 10 June 2026. Based on the first American edition, Harper & Brothers, 1851, according to the source catalog.
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