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Herman Melville

Born

in New York City, New York, The United States

August 01, 1819

Died

September 28, 1891

Genre

Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories

Influences

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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. ...more

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	Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.54 avg rating — 543,838 ratings — published 1851 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bartleby the Scrivener 3.93 avg rating — 61,259 ratings — published 1853 — 1272 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Billy Budd, Sailor 3.17 avg rating — 17,471 ratings — published 1924 — 212 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Benito Cereno 3.55 avg rating — 8,477 ratings — published 1855 — 278 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life 3.56 avg rating — 5,294 ratings — published 1846 — 3038 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Billy Budd and Other Stories by Herman Melville, Frederick Busch (Introduction) 3.58 avg rating — 3,966 ratings — published 1853 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville, John Dugdale (Editor), Tony Tanner (Introduction) 3.63 avg rating — 3,140 ratings — published 1857 — 910 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bartleby and Benito Cereno by Herman Melville, Stanley Appelbaum (Editor) 3.79 avg rating — 2,572 ratings — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pierre; or, The Ambiguities by Herman Melville, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator), Hershel Parker (Editor) 3.63 avg rating — 1,300 ratings — published 1852 — 651 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Redburn / White-Jacket / Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, G. Thomas Tanselle (Editor) 4.21 avg rating — 1,064 ratings — published 1851	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Moby Dick (2 books)
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Herman Melville,

Bronisław Zieliński (Translator),

Mikołaj Wiśniewski (Afterword)

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