When Herman Melville published Moby-Dick in 1851, it told the story of a giant “white whale” as a dangerous, vengeful beast. The novel was inspired by real events, like the whaleship Essex being sunk by a sperm whale. The book left many people believing sperm whales were naturally aggressive toward humans. For decades, they were feared as “monsters of the deep.” I still see that fear linger on today as my guests are usually way less interested in swimming with sperm whales than other marine life

Herman Melville 🔥 (1819-1891) fue un escritor estadounidense célebre por su novela «Moby-Dick», considerada una de las mayores obras de la literatura universal. Su vida estuvo marcada por sus experiencias en el mar, que influyeron en buena parte de su obra. Aunque en vida no obtuvo gran reconocimiento, su legado literario ha sido revalorizado con el tiempo. #citas #literatura #escritores #hermanmelville | Letrarium