When Herman Melvilleās novel Moby Dick was first published in 1851, the public was unimpressed. It sold fewer than 4,000 copies in total, including fewer than 600 in the United Kingdom. It was not until the mid-20th century that the work was recognized as one of the most important novels in American literature.
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