Herman Melville
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Herman Melville was an American writer of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick ; Typee, a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sai
1870 portrait
An 1810 portrait of Melville's father, Allan Melvill, by John Rubens Smith, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. In Melville's novel Pierre (1852), he fictionalized this painting as a portrait of Pierre's father.
A c. 1815 portrait of Melville's mother Maria Gansevoort Melville by Ezra Ames, now on display at the National Gallery of Art
Richard Tobias Greene, who jumped ship with Melville in the Marquesas Islands and is Toby in Typee, pictured in 1846
Redburn
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Redburn: His First Voyage is the fourth book by the American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1849. The book is semi-autobiographical and recounts the adventures of a refined youth
First edition title page
Launcelott's Hey, 1843