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Introduction of the Author Herman Melville, one of the greatest American novelist, essayist and poet in 19th century. Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life (1846).Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas (1847).Mardi: And a Voyage Thither (1849).Redburn: His First Voyage (1849).White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War (1850).Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851).etc. British writer Maugham believes his moby-dick is one of the worlds top ten literary classics, its literature status more on Mark Twain and others. Melville also known as the Shakespeare in the United States. Life at the Sea Since 1841, he start doing sailors a board the ship in the following three years, Melville as fleet in many parts of the world, greatly broaden the horizon. From 1841 to 1844, life at sea had a great influence on Melvilles life, and this among them, enough time is on the ship, so, Melvilles thought is basically established. Life experiences, rich and strong ideas formed the basis of later Melvilles writing career. His work is the picture of his life, his thoughts. On January 3, 1841, he sailed from Fairhaven, Massachusetts on the whaler Acushnet,[9] which was bound for the Pacific Ocean. He was later to comment that his life began that day. The vessel sailed around Cape Horn and traveled to the South Pacific. Melville left little direct accounts of the events of this 18-month voyage, although his whaling romance, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, probably describes many aspects of life on board the Acushnet. Melville deserted the Acushnet in the Marquesas Islands in July 1842 Introduction of the Moby -Dick Moby -Dick is one of the greatest novels in the world. The focus of the book focuses on a white whale called mobys enemies in the south Pacific, and skin whaling fleet profile (Pequod) captain Ahab (Ahab) how is mortal hatred for it. Aha in a voyage by moby enemy bite off a leg, determined to revenge, command skin profile number to circumnavigate the world track an