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Melville
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Herman Melville was born into a family that in the fledgling republic had lost both money and status. Toughened at sea as a young man, he returned home to chronicle the deepest crises of his time while forever shaping our literature with Moby-Dick, “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” Benito Cereno, and Billy Budd.
Delbanco traces Melville’s growth from the bawdy storytelling of...
Details
448 pages
Imprint: Picador