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This work is praised as a "Great American Novel" was established only in the 20th century，after the centennial of its authors birth. William Faulkner confessed he wished he had written the book himself，and D. H. Lawrence called it "one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world" and "the greatest book of the sea ever written". Its opening sentence，"Call me Ishmael"，is among world literatures most famous. Moby-Dick; or，The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaling ship Pequod，commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab seeks one specific whale，Moby-Dick，a white whale of tremendous size and ferocity. Comparatively few whaling ships know of Moby-Dick，and fewer yet have encountered him. In a previous encounter，the whale destroyed Ahabs boat and bit off his leg. Ahab intends to exact revenge.