- Sailors, Seafaring life, Fiction, Americans
Wellington Redburn is a fifteen-year-old from the state of New York, with only one dream - to run away to sea. However, when he does fulfil this long-held fantasy, he quickly finds that reality as a cabin boy is far harsher than he ever imagined.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and prestige.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
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- Author
- Herman Melville
- First published
- 1849
- Pages
- 385
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape, Doubleday, Kessinger Publishing
- Editions
- 68
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9780140431056
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“'WELLINGBOROUGH, as you are going to sea, suppose you take this shooting-jacket of mine along; it's just the thing - take it, it will save the expense of another.”
Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and poet who is often classified as part of dark romanticism. He is best known for his novel *Moby Dick* and novella Billy Budd, the latter of which was published posthumously. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Melville
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