Call me Ishmael. With the above line, the narrator of this 1851 novel by Herman Melville laconically introduces himself in the very first sentence, making it one of the best-known opening sentences in English literature.
- Mardi: And a Voyage Thither
- Moby-Dick
- Redburn
- The Confidence-Man
Answer
The correct answer is B) Moby-Dick.
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