‘Moby-Dick’ was a commercial failure during Herman Melville’s life.
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Moby-Dick (published 1851) wasn’t a major success initially and went out of print in some places. Its reputation surged decades later, especially in the early 20th century, when critics re-evaluated it as a masterpiece.
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