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After picking up his book "Moby Dick", you might be relieved to know he wrote short stories too |
Herman Melville
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$800 |
J |
CLASSIC LITERATURE |
2003-09-26 |
#4380 |
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Taji & Jarl are deserters from a whaling ship in his 1849 novel "Mardi" |
Herman Melville
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$600 |
DJ |
LITERATURE |
2001-02-23 |
#3800 |
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This author's 1841 whaling voyage inspired his 1847 adventure novel "Omoo" |
Herman Melville
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$200 |
DJ |
LITERATURE |
1995-03-23 |
#2439 |
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In his 1852 novel "Pierre, or The Ambiguities", Pierre Glendinning is a young writer, not a whale |
Herman Melville
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$200 |
DJ |
LITERARY CHARACTERS |
1994-09-30 |
#2315 |
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His "Piazza Tales", published in 1856, includes the story of "Bartleby the Scrivener" |
Herman Melville
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$800 |
DJ |
LITERATURE |
1994-05-19 |
#2249 |
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E.M. Forster worked on the libretto of Benjamin Britten's opera of this author's "Billy Budd" |
Herman Melville
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$200 |
DJ |
LITERATURE |
1992-01-15 |
#1703 |
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The last two characters this author killed off were Captain Vere & Billy Budd |
Herman Melville
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$200 |
J |
LITERATURE |
1991-01-16 |
#1473 |
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An incident on a warship on which his cousin was an officer may have inspired "Billy Budd" |
Herman Melville
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$200 |
DJ |
LITERARY RELATIVES |
1990-05-02 |
#1318 |