You doubtless know the classic beginning line, "Call me Ishmael," and the Herman Melville book details that follow: the main character, sailor Ishmael; the ship he travels on, the boat known as the Pequod; the mysterious Captain Ahab and his obsessionBut when Melville debuted "Moby Dick" in the United Kingdom in October 1851 (the book reached American shores a month later), many British reviewers dismissed it. "This is an ill-compounded mixture of romance and matter-of-fact," wrote the LondonClicking the doodle brings users to a search for “Herman Melville books”, which showcases the Knowledge Graph Google began rolling out earlier this year. This presents search results that give users instant access to the information that is mostUpdate: They've actually changed the query to “herman melville books” rather than just “herman melville”. It still takes you to the Herman Melville Knowledge Graph results. You can still see Google.in has it pointing to “hermanIt's 161 years since Herman Melville's epic sea adventure captured the world's imagination with the opening words, “Call me Ishmael,” and Google has marked the occasion with an illustration of the white whale and the
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