[DOC] [TLE] Letter to Nathaniel Hawthorne, November [17?] 1851 [PAR] LETTER TO NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, NOVEMBER [17?] 1851. My Dear 
Hawthorne, -- People think that if a man has undergone any hardship, he should 
have a reward; but for my part, ... I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless 
as the lamb. ... So,now, let us add Moby Dick to our blessing, and step from that. [DOC] [TLE] Moby Dick: A Wicked Book - Gary Sloan - Eclectica Magazine v5n3 [PAR] Shortly after his American classic was published in 1851, Herman Melville (1819-
1891) confessed to his friend Nathaniel Hawthorne: "I have written a wicked book
, and ... Its secret motto, he told Hawthorne, is Ego non baptizo te in nomine. .... 
Lost to "justify the ways of God to man," Melville wrote Moby Dick to lambast God. [DOC] [TLE] ENAM 3150: Melville Letters - University of Virginia [PAR] On 3 March 1849 he wrote Duyckinck, "Say what they will, he's a great man. .... IN 
THE SAME LETTER, Nathaniel Hawthore writes this to Duyckinck: "I have read ... 
Melville writes Hawthorne, as if he were writing a review of The House of the .... it 
is Moby Dick himself, for there is no account of his capture after the sad fate of... [DOC] [TLE] Herman Melville - Wikiquote [PAR] But chancing to fall in with this glorious edition, I now exult in it, page after page. 
.... Letter to Nathaniel Hawthorne, including bits of a review of his work that he 
had written ... I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the lamb. ... So, 
now, let us add Moby-Dick to our blessing, and step from that. ...... Wrote Moby-
Dick. [DOC] [TLE] moby dick page - Rossmoor Atheists [PAR] Melville greatly admired the writing of Nathaniel Hawthorne and said of him that 
... I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as a lamb." ... In Pierre, a novel 
written after Moby Dick, that Melville called "his spiritual autobiography," his writer 
... With the soul of an Atheist, he wrote down the godliest things; with the feeling... [DOC] [TLE] Contemporary Contexts - The Classroom Electric [PAR] In 1851, after giving Nathaniel Hawthorne a copy of Moby Dick, and receiving an 
appreciative letter in return, Herman Melville wrote to his friend, ... Melville was 
working on Moby-Dick when he met Hawthorne, and he dedicated the novel to 
Hawthorne: "In token ... I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the 
lamb. [DOC] [TLE] An Analysis of Herman Melville's Popular Piece, Moby Dick ... [PAR] Oct 14, 2016 ... Herman Melville was born August 1 1819 in New York He was the third of eight ... 
Melville was forced to return to his adventurous style of writing He wrote Redburn 
a ... Moby Dick He dedicated this novel to his closest friend Nathaniel Hawthorne 
... After Moby Dick was finished Melville slipped into a state of... [DOC] [TLE] Herman Melville books: Remembering the author of 'Moby Dick ... [PAR] Oct 18, 2012 ... During that time, he befriended the writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, who lived nearby 
... After Hawthorne praised "Moby Dick"  the story of a white sperm whale and 
his ... Ahab  Melville wrote him a letter that burbles over with giddy happiness. ... 
"I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the lamb. [DOC] [TLE] The American Literary Blog: Moby-Dick: I have written a wicked book [PAR] Nov 14, 2011 ... The book was dedicated to Nathaniel Hawthorne, in "admiration for his genius." 
The two authors ... As he wrote, "I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless 
as a lamb." The book ... The writing just makes you think. Reply... [DOC] [TLE] Melville - iSites [PAR] I have written a wicked book, wrote Herman Melville. ... It was November 1851, 
and Melville was writing to his friend and neighbor Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Question: After writing "Moby Dick", he wrote to Nathaniel Hawthorne, "I have written a wicked book"
Answer: Herman Melville