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Moby Dick, or, The whale
by Herman Melville
A nineteenth-century tale of life aboard a New England whaling ship whose captain is obsessed with the pursuit of a large white whale.
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Billy Budd, sailor and selected tales
by Herman Melville
Presents the short novel about Billy Budd, who is admired by all the sailors aboard the warship Bellipotent except for Master-at-Arms Claggart, an envious man who plots to frame Billy for treason, and includes a selection of short stories.
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Bartleby the scrivener
by Herman Melville
A Manhattan lawyer hires Bartleby as an additional scrivener for his growing business, but soon discovers that there is something wrong with his new employee when any request to perform duties outside of copywriting elicits the response "I would prefer not to."
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Benito Cereno
by Herman Melville
Includes Particulars of the capture of the Spanish ship Tryal, at the island of St. Maria, with the documents relating to that affair, by Amasa Delano, from his A narrative of voyages and travels, in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres (Boston, 1817)
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Great short works of Herman Melville
by Herman Melville
A complete collection of Melville's short works of fiction includes The Encantadas, Benito Cereno, Billy Budd, Sailor, and Bartleby, the Scrivener, as well as seventeen other short stories.
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Melville : His World and Work
by Andrew Delbanco
A compelling portrait of one of America's leading literary luminaries chronicles the life and career of the quintessentially American author Herman Melville, tracing his life and literary career to uncover autobiographical elements in his diverse works, discussing the historical and cultural implications of his writing, and assessing his accomplishments as a writer.
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Herman Melville : a biography
by Hershel Parker
A second volume in the acclaimed biography chronicles Melville's life from the conclusion of Moby Dick to his death forty years later, documenting the negative reviews that overshadowed his work, his decision to turn to magazine fiction, and his achievements as a poet, as culled from family letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles.
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Chasing the white whale : the Moby-Dick marathon ; or, what Melville means today
by David Oakey Dowling
"The nonstop reading of Melville's titanic epic 'Moby Dick' in the setting of New Bedford's Whaling Museum has inspire[d] this fresh look at the novel in light of its most devoted followers. With some trepidation, David Dowling joined the ranks of the Melvillians to participate in the event for the full twenty-five hours. He survived to [tell] the tale of the voyage to the marathon reading that organizes his critical analysis of the novel from its romantic departure to its sledgehammering seas, detailingthe culture of the top brass to the common crew and scrutinizing the inscrutable in and through Melville's great novel"--Provided by publisher
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Melville : a biography
by Laurie Robertson-Lorant
An in-depth biography of Herman Melville draws on more than five hundred recently discovered family letters to provide a fresh perspective on the writer's complex relationships, literary endeavors, moral conflict, and turbulent, adventurous personal life.
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The Civil War world of Herman Melville
by Stanton Garner
Provides an incisive portrait of Herman Melville during the Civil War era, examining his complex attitudes about the war and his writings during and about the period, including Battle-Pieces, poems chronicling the war from Harper's Ferry to Lincoln's assassination.
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Why read Moby-Dick?
by Nathaniel Philbrick
The National Book Award-winning author of In the Heart of the Sea shares expert guidelines on how to read and appreciate Herman Melville's classic work, offering insight into its history, characters and themes while explaining its literary relevance in the modern world.
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