Herman Melville
Born
in New York City, The United States
August 01, 1819
Died
September 28, 1891
Genre
Influences
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale
7366 editions
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published
1851
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Bartleby the Scrivener
1940 editions
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published
1853
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Billy Budd, Sailor
446 editions
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published
1924
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Benito Cereno
15 editions
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published
1855
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Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life
2152 editions
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published
1846
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Billy Budd and Other Stories
by
74 editions
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published
1853
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The Confidence-Man
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535 editions
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published
1857
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Bartleby and Benito Cereno
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Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
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322 editions
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published
1852
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Redburn / White-Jacket / Moby-Dick
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9 editions
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1851
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“I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
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2nd Quarter (Apr - June) Long Read 2017
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville, 1851, 720 pages
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 1320, 798 pages
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, 1991, 896 pages
Ulysses by James Joyce, 1922, 810 pages
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, 1021, 1182 pages
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, 1985, 945 pages
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth, 1993, 1474 pages
The Winds of War by Herman Wouk, 1921, 896 pages
Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson, 1748, 1534 pages
Weaveworld by Clive Barker, 1987, 721 pages
East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood, 1861, 694 pages
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