Moby Dick | Author Biography
Melville dedicated Moby-Dick to Nathaniel Hawthorne “in admiration for his genius.” The two met in 1850 when Melville moved from New York to Pittsfield, Massachusetts. For a time, Melville and his family lived on a 160-acre farm called Arrowhead, where he finished the writing of Moby-Dick in 1851.
Moby-Dick, like many of Melville’s other sea stories, is based on life experience. In 1819, Melville was born in New York City to Allan Melvill (the final “e” was added to the name later) and Maria Gansevoort. When the family business failed and Allan Melvill...
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