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3 days ago · Herman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia ; and Billy Budd, Sailor , a posthumously published novella .
Jun 24, 2024 · Browse the books owned and borrowed by American author Herman Melville with this digitized collection of annotated books from his library.
Jun 11, 2024 · Up from the Depths tells the interconnected stories of two of the most important writers in American history—the novelist and poet Herman Melville (1819–1891) and one of his earliest biographers, the literary critic and historian Lewis Mumford (1895–1990).
Jun 15, 2024 · Arrowhead, built in the 1780s, was the home of Herman Melville from 1850 to 1862. Born in New York, Melville was already a successful author when he moved here, aged 31, with his sisters, mother,...
3 days ago · Herman Melville > Quotes > Quotable Quote. (?) “Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the loveliest tints of azure.
Jun 11, 2024 · Herman Melville. Publication date 1910-01-01 Publisher George W. Jacobs & Company Collection internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Addeddate
Jun 20, 2024 · Herman Melville > Quotes > Quotable Quote. (?) “The Nantucketer, he alone resides and riots on the sea; he alone, in Bible language, goes down to it in ships; to and fro ploughing it as his own special plantation. There is his home; there lies his business, which a Noah's flood would not interrupt, though it overwhelmed all the millions in China.
