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Herman Melville

1 August 1819 - 28 September 1891

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and poet who is often classified as part of dark romanticism. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick and novella Billy Budd, the latter of which was published posthumously. (Source.)

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  • Cover of: Great Short Works of Herman Melville

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  • Cover of: The Portable Melville

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  • Cover of: Collected poems of Herman Melville

    First published in 1947 9 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1940 9 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition enchantedisles0000melv
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  • Cover of: The experience of literature: a reader with commentaries

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Subjects
Fiction, Young men, Psychology, Copyists, Securities industry, classic literature, Children's fiction, Sea stories, American fiction (fictional works by one author), American literature, Sailors, short story, Ship captains, Juvenile fiction, short stories, Classic Literature, Executions and executioners, Impressment, literature, Historical Fiction, History, classics, Satanism, history and criticism, American Horror tales
Places
New York, Wall Street, United States, Massachusetts, New England, Salem Village, Jefferson, Alabama, Owl Creek Bridge, Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County, Mallard residence, Araby, Araby bazaar, North Richmond Street, Ireland, England, Galway, Justice of the Peace Court, India, Missouri, Italy, Padua, Paris, University of Padua
People
Bartleby, Cicero, Ginger Nut, John Jacob Astor, Nippers, Turkey, Billy Budd, Edward Fairfax Vere, John Claggart, Devil, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Peyton Farquhar, Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Homer Barron, Mr. Grierson, Tobe, Herman Melville (1819-1891), Fortunato, Lady Fortunato, Luchresi, Montresor, Brently Mallard
Time
19th century, 1600s, Antebellum era, 1861-65, Carnival, 1861-1865, American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1692, 20th century, Civil War, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1835-1845, 1783-1865, 1797, 1800-1918, 1835-45, 1888, 1890, 1912, Alabama, December, England, Eton College, Owl Creek Bridge

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Alternative names

  • Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
  • Herman Melvile
  • Hermann Melville
  • MELVILLE H.
  • Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
  • Herman, 1819-1891 Melville
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  • Melville, Herman
  • Melville Herman
  • Herman Herman Melville
  • herman melville

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September 12, 2023 Edited by Armin5454 Added new photo
October 14, 2021 Edited by mheiman merge authors
November 21, 2020 Edited by Lisa merge authors
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import