Essential Novelists - Herman Melville: man at sea

by Herman Melville, August Nemo

Overview

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Herman Melvillewhich are Moby Dick and Billy Budd. Celebrated American author Herman Melville wrote 'Moby-Dick' and several other sea-adventure novels, before turning to poetry later in his literary career. Novels selected for this book: - Moby Dick - Billy Budd This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783967991727
Publisher:	Tacet Books
Publication date:	05/03/2020
Series:	Essential Novelists , #14
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	433
File size:	745 KB

About the Author

Herman Melville was born in New York City in 1819. He worked as a crew member on several vessels beginning in 1839, his experiences spawning his successful early novelsTypee(1846) andOmoo(1847). Subsequent books, including his masterpieceMoby-Dick(1851), sold poorly, and by the 1860s Melville had turned to poetry. Following his death in New York City in 1891, he posthumously came to be regarded as one of the great American writers.

Date of Birth:

August 1, 1819

Date of Death:

September 28, 1891

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Place of Death:

New York, New York

Education:

Attended the Albany Academy in Albany, New York, until age 15