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...The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade was the last major novel by Herman Melville, the American writer and author of Moby-Dick. Published on April 1, 1857 (presumably the exact day of the novel's setting), The Confidence-Man was Melville's tenth major work in eleven years. The novel portray...

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...The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles is a novella by American author Herman Melville. First published in Putnam's Magazine in 1854, it consists of ten philosophical Sketches on the Encantadas, or Galápagos Islands. It was collected in The Piazza Tales in 1856. The Encantadas was to become the ...

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...he is. Dealing with racism, the slave trade, madness, the tension between representation and reality, and featuring at least one unreliable narrator, Melville's novella has both captivated and frustrated critics for decades. (Summary by Nullifidian)...

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...This is a tale based on Melville's experiences aboard the USS United States from 1843 to 1844. It comments on the harsh and brutal realities of service in the US Navy at that time, but beyond this the narrator has created for the reader graphic symb...

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...Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas is Herman Melville's sequel to Typee , and, as such, was also autobiographical. After leaving Nuku Hiva, the main character ships aboard a whaling vessel which makes its way to Tahiti, after which there is a mutiny and the major...

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Excerpt: Chapter 1. I am a rather elderly man. The nature of my avocations for the last thirty years has brought me into more than ordinary contact with what would seem an interesting and somewhat singular set of men, of whom, as yet, nothing that I know of has ever been written -- I mean the law-copyists, or scriveners. I have known very many of them, professionally and privately, and, if I pleased, could relate divers histories at which good-natured gentlemen might smile and sentimental souls might weep....

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...Bartleby the Scrivener By Herman Melville A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Bartle... ...Bartleby the Scrivener By Herman Melville A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Bartleby the ... ...nn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This... ...e Electronic Classics Series Publication Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portab... ... file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Ser... ...s an electronic transmission, in any way. Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Ji... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Melville Bartleby the Scrivener By Herman Melville Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Chap... ... is an equal opportunity university. 3 Melville Bartleby the Scrivener By Herman Melville Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 1 I AM A RA... ...e, which wall re- quired no spyglass to bring out its lurking beauties, 5 Melville but, for the benefit of all nearsighted spectators, was pushed up ...

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Excerpt: A Romance of the South Seas by Herman Melville.

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...Typee A Romance of the South Seas By Herman Melville A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Typee:... ...Typee A Romance of the South Seas By Herman Melville A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Typee: A Roma... ...CTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Typee: A Romance of the South Seas by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This... ... CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Typee: A Romance of the South Seas by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portab... ...electronic transmission, in any way. Typee: A Romance of the South Seas by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Ser... ...nic transmission, in any way. Typee: A Romance of the South Seas by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Ji... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Melville Typee: A Romance of the South Seas By Herman Melville PREFACE More... ... opportunity university. 3 Melville Typee: A Romance of the South Seas By Herman Melville PREFACE More than three years have elapsed since the occurr... ...nvarnished truth will gain for him the confidence of his readers. 1846. 5 Melville INTRODUCTION TO THE EDITION OF 1892 BY ARTHUR STEDMAN Of the trini...

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Excerpt: Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville.

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...MOBY DICK; OR THE WHALE by Herman Melville A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Moby D... ...MOBY DICK; OR THE WHALE by Herman Melville A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Moby Dick; or... ...n State Electronic Classics Series Publication Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. Th... ... Electronic Classics Series Publication Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Port... ...file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Ser... ... an electronic transmission, in any way. Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Ji... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Herman Melville MOBY DICK; OR THE WHALE by Herman Melville ETYMOLOGY. (Supp... ...ennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Herman Melville MOBY DICK; OR THE WHALE by Herman Melville ETYMOLOGY. (Supplied by... ...—Genesis. “Leviathan maketh a path to shine after him; One would 5 Herman Melville think the deep to be hoary.” —Job. “Now the Lord had prepared a gr...

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...Excerpt: Herman Melville. I and my chimney, two grey-headed old smokers, reside in the country. We are, I may say, old settlers here; particularly my old chimney, which settles more and more every day. Though I always say, I and my ch...

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...I and My Chimney by Herman Melville A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication I and My Chim... ...e A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication I and My Chimney by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This... ...n State Electronic Classics Series Publication I and My Chimney by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portab... ...or the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. I and My Chimney by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Ser... ...file as an electronic transmission, in any way. I and My Chimney by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Ji... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Melville I and My Chimney by Herman Melville I AND MY CHIMNEY, two grey-hea... ...ersity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Melville I and My Chimney by Herman Melville I AND MY CHIMNEY, two grey-headed old smokers, reside in th... ...in men, who are generally tall, so with such houses, what is lacking in 5 Melville breadth, must be made up in height. This remark holds true even wi...

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Excerpt: At sunrise on a first of April there appeared, suddenly as Manco Capac at the lake Titicaca, a man in cream-colors, at the water-side in the city of St. Louis. His cheek was fair, his chin downy, his hair flaxen, his hat a white fur one, with a long fleecy nap. He had neither trunk, valise, carpet-bag, nor parcel. No porter followed him. He was unaccompanied by friends. From the shrugged shoulders, titters, whispers, wonderings of the crowd, it was plain that he was, in the extremest sense of the word, a stranger....

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...The Confidence- Man By Herman Melville A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Confidenc... ...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portab... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Ser... ...le as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Ji... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Melville The Confidence-Man By Herman Melville CHAPTER I. A Mute Goes Aboar... ...sity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Melville The Confidence-Man By Herman Melville CHAPTER I. A Mute Goes Aboard a Boat on the Mississippi AT ... ...se his presence upon fighting characters, the stranger now moved slowly 5 Melville away, yet not before altering his writing to this: “Charity endure...

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Excerpt: Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville.

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...Omoo Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Omoo: ... ...Omoo Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Omoo: Adventu... ...ctronic Classics Series Publication Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This... ... Classics Series Publication Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portab... ...electronic transmission, in any way. Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Ser... ...nic transmission, in any way. Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Ji... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Melville Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville PART I CHAPT... ... opportunity university. 3 Melville Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville PART I CHAPTER I. MY RECEPTION ABOARD IT WAS the middle of ... ... about my head a great pair lie imminent jeopardy of both ears, and the 5 Melville certain destruction of hair and beard. The day was now drawing to ...

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Excerpt: Chapter 1. In the time before steamships, or then more frequently than now, a stroller along the docks of any considerable sea-port would occasionally have his attention arrested by a group of bronzed mariners, man-ofwar?s men or merchant-sailors in holiday attire ashore on liberty. In certain instances they would flank, or, like a body-guard quite surround some superior figure of their own class, moving along with them like Aldebaran among the lesser lights of his constellation....

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...elville A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Billy Budd by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This... ... A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Billy Budd by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- t... ...t or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Billy Budd by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Ser... ...r the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Billy Budd by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Ji... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Herman Melville Billy Budd by Herman Melville Chapter 1 I n the time before... ...ennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Herman Melville Billy Budd by Herman Melville Chapter 1 I n the time before steams... ...of the narra- tion that follows that he had entered the King’s Service, 5 Herman Melville having been impressed on the Narrow Seas from a home- ward-... ...narra- tion that follows that he had entered the King’s Service, 5 Herman Melville having been impressed on the Narrow Seas from a home- ward-bound E... ...th the fire-red whiskers. He indeed out of envy, perhaps, of the 7 Herman Melville newcomer, and thinking such a ‘sweet and pleasant fel- low, ’ as h...

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Few things, even in literature, can really be said to be unique — but Moby Dick is truly unlike anything written before or since. The novel is nominally about the obsessive hunt by the crazed Captain Ahab of the book’s eponymous white whale. But interspersed in that story are digressions, paradoxes, philosophical riffs on whaling and life, and a display of techniques so advanced for its time that some have referred to the 1851 Moby Dick as the first “modern” novel. (Summary by Stewart Wills)...

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...Typee is Herman Melville's first book, recounting his experiences after having jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands in 1842, and becoming a captive of a cannibal island tribe. It was an immediate success in America and England, and wa...

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