Herman Melville
Biography
Melville was an American novelist, writer of short stories, poet, sailor, teacher, and lecturer. His early books were popular, but by the time he…moreBorn
8/1/1819, New York, New York, USADied
9/28/1891Birth Name
Herman MelvillGender
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The DuPont Show Of The Month
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Billy Budd
5/25/59
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Kraft Television Theatre (1953)
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Billy Budd
3/10/55
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Your Favorite Story
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The Strange Mr. Bartleby
10/20/54
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The Strange Mr. Bartleby
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Hallmark Hall Of Fame
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Moby Dick
5/16/54
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
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Billy Budd
1/11/52
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Billy Budd
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The DuPont Show Of The Month
Trivia and Quotes
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His epic poem Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land (1876) is believed to be the longest poem in American literature. Only 350 copies were published, and in 1925 the critic Lewis Mumford found a copy in the New York Public Library with its pages uncut - that is, in nearly fifty years it had not been read once.
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His books Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life (1846) and Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas (1847) are based mostly on his experiences among the natives of the Marquesas Islands in 1842, when he was twenty-three.
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In 1843, he spent four months working as a clerk in Honolulu.
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Herman Melville: All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever present perils of life.
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Herman Melville: We may have civilized bodies and yet barbarous souls.
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Herman Melville: They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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