A great whale] Melville was at this time writing Moby-Dick (1851).

Melville was inspired and encouraged by his new relationship with Hawthorne during the period that he was writing Moby-Dick.

So you might as well write "Moby-Dick."

Feeling brave again, he wrote "Moby-Dick," which was received with cool respect.

He is known for writing Moby-Dick.

This is a little bit like writing "Moby-Dick" and leaving out the Pequod.

His home, Arrowhead, has been lovingly restored right down to the study where, it is said, he wrote "Moby-Dick" while gazing out on Mount Greylock.

(Clip of Lou saying, "You don't have to be a whale to write Moby-Dick.")

This book, published in 1821, would inspire Herman Melville to write Moby-Dick.