Redburn
$44.31
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2002
Summary
Drawn from Melville’s own adolescent experience aboard a merchant ship, Redburn charts the coming-of-age of Wellingborough Redburn, a young innocent who embarks on a crossing to Liverpool together with a roguish crew. Once in Liverpool, Redburn encounters the squalid conditions of the city and meets Harry Bolton, a bereft and damaged soul, who takes him on a tour of London that includes a scene of rococo decadence unlike anything else in Melville’s fiction.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375760044 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0375760040 |
| Author: | Herman Melville, Elizabeth Hardwick |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Edition: | 2002nd |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2002 |
| Weight: | 337g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 134mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
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Critics Review
“Redburn, recalling the cruel memories of [Melville’s] youth, was the first bitter cry of his maturity… . The book has the wry humour of the grown man… . Redburn was a victory.” —Lewis Mumford
About The Author
Herman Melville
Elizabeth Hardwick is the author of many books and essays, including American Fictions and Herman Melville. She lives in New York City.
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