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Herman Melville The Dover Reader

✍ Scribed by Herman Melville

Book ID: 111285079
Publisher: Dover Publications
Year: 2016
Tongue: English
Weight: 399 KB
Series: Dover Thrift Editions
Category: Fiction
ISBN-13: 9780486811895
ASIN: B01DFMCRZ0

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✦ Synopsis

Despite the early success of his tales of adventure in the South Seas, Herman Melville (1819–1891) suffered a reversal of fortunes with the 1851 publication of Moby-Dick. The great epic, now recognized as a masterpiece, was scorned by an uncomprehending nineteenth-century audience. Melville's preoccupation with metaphysical and philosophical issues and his use of symbols and archetypes foreshadowed elements of latter-day literature, and modern readers rejoice in his groundbreaking explorations of timeless questions.
Along with excerpts from Moby-Dick, this anthology presents the complete text of Melville's classic of travel and adventure literature, Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. Additional features include the short stories "Bartleby the Scrivener," "The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids," and "The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles."

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