November 14, 1851, marked the first day that the American public could purchase Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, the latest novel by the modestly successful author Herman Melville, for $1.50 (around $60 ...

Earlier this month, crowds gathered to hear Moby Dick in the same town over the ... At the statue’s base, visitors will find quotes from the novel. The statue is estimated to take 12 to 15 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Streamlining Melville’s sprawling novel, Jake Heggie and ... line of Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick” is one of the most famous in literature.

It’s probably fair to say that more people know the story of the white whale from parodies or synopses than from reading “Moby-Dick.” But an adaptation is not just a summary of the book’s ...