Works of Herman Melville

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Overview

eBook library including Works of Herman Melville

Includes easy-to-use search and navigation. Includes tap-and-go Table of Contents.

Includes:
- Biography of Herman Melville
- I AND MY CHIMNEY
- MOBY DICK
- OMOO
- REDBURN. HIS FIRST VOYAGE
- TYPEE: A ROMANCE OF THE SOUTH SEAS
- WHITE-JACKET

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016133225
Publisher:	Packard Technologies
Publication date:	12/28/2012
Series:	Librainia Classics , #12
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick. His first three books gained much contemporary attention (the first, Typee, became a bestseller), but after a fast-blooming literary success in the late 1840s, his popularity declined precipitously in the mid-1850s and never recovered during his lifetime.

When he died in 1891, he was almost completely forgotten. It was not until the "Melville Revival" in the early 20th century that his work won recognition, especially Moby-Dick, which was hailed as one of the literary masterpieces of both American and world literature. In 1919, the unfinished manuscript for his novella Billy Budd was discovered by his first biographer. He published a version in 1924, which was quickly acclaimed by notable British critics as another masterpiece of Melville's. He was the first writer to have his works collected and published by the Library of America.

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