Herman Melville



 

Herman Melville

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born
August 01, 1819

died
December 13, 1901

gender
male

place of birth
New York City, New York, United States

genre
Literature & Fiction


about this author

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His first two books gained much attention, though they were not bestsellers, and his popularity declined precipitously only a few years later. By the time of his death he had been almost completely forgotten, but his longest novel, Moby-Dick — largely considered a failure during his lifetime, and most responsible for Melville's fall from favor with the reading public — was rediscovered in the 20th century as one of the chief literary masterpieces of both American and world literature.


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books by Herman Melville

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avg rating: 3.69 | 16539 ratings | 177 distinct works
Moby Dick Moby Dick (Audio CD)
by Herman Melville
avg rating 3.69 — 4986 ratings — published 1851
360 editions
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Bartleby the Scrivener: A Stor... Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street (The Art of the Novella series)
by Herman Melville
avg rating 3.94 — 1532 ratings — published 2004
43 editions
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Billy Budd, Sailor Billy Budd, Sailor (Enriched Classics)
by Herman Melville
avg rating 3.02 — 1140 ratings — published 1924
70 editions
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Billy Budd and Other Stories Billy Budd and Other Stories (Penguin Classics)
by Herman Melville
avg rating 3.47 — 500 ratings — published 1986
21 editions
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Bartleby and Benito Cereno Bartleby and Benito Cereno (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Herman Melville
avg rating 3.96 — 327 ratings — published 1990
2 editions
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Typee Typee (Paperback)
by Herman Melville
avg rating 3.45 — 320 ratings — published 1846
41 editions
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Benito Cereno Benito Cereno (Paperback)
by Herman Melville
avg rating 3.82 — 270 ratings — published 2006
6 editions
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Herman Melville : Redburn, Whi... Herman Melville : Redburn, White-Jacket, Moby-Dick (Library of America)
by Herman Melville
avg rating 4.11 — 233 ratings — published 1983
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The Confidence-Man The Confidence-Man (Oxford World's Classics)
by Herman Melville
avg rating 3.69 — 202 ratings — published 1999
42 editions
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Pierre, or the Ambiguities Pierre, or the Ambiguities (Hardcover)
by Herman Melville
avg rating 3.70 — 116 ratings — published 1852
9 editions
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quotes by Herman Melville

1624
"I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the lamb."
Herman Melville
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1624
"Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian."
Herman Melville (Moby Dick (Naxos AudioBooks))
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