Redburn, his first voyage; being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, in the merchant service.

Author/Creator:

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.

Publication:

Evanston [Ill.] Northwestern University Press, 1969.

Series:

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. 1968 ; Works. v. 4.
The writings of Herman Melville, v. 4

Format/Description:

Book
xi, 384 pages 25 cm.

Subjects:

Sailors -- Fiction.
Young men -- Fiction.
Seafaring life -- Fiction.
Merchant mariners -- Fiction.
Liverpool (England) -- Fiction.
Americans -- England -- Fiction.
Americans.
Merchant mariners.
Sailors.
Seafaring life.
Young men.
England.
England -- Liverpool.

Form/Genre:

Fictional autobiographies
Sea fiction
Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Autobiographical fiction.
Sea stories.
Autobiographical fiction.
Sea fiction.
Bildungsromans.

Summary:

"Redburn charts the coming-of-age of Wellingborough Redburn, a young innocent who embarks on a crossing to Liverpool together with a roguish crew. Once in Liverpool, Redburn encounters the squalid conditions of the city and meets Harry Bolton, a bereft and damaged soul, who takes him on a tour of London that includes a scene of rococo decadence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-352).

Penn Chronology:

1969.
1969

Other format:

Online version: Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Redburn, his first voyage.

ISBN:

0810100134
9780810100138
0810100169
9780810100169

OCLC:

49305

Web link:

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