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Melville was the third of eight children born to Allan and Maria Gansevoort Melville, fairly wealthy middle-class descendants of Scottish and Dutch settlers. He attended Albany Classical School in 1835 and Lansinburgh Academy in 1837 but was mainly self-taught. His early life was spend in almost cea .. .. more >>

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"The god Janus never had two more decidedly different faces than your sea captain."
Herman Melville (1819-1891), U.S. author. "Etchings of a Whaling Cruise" (1847), The Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces 1839-1860, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 9, eds. Harrison Hayford, Alma A. MacDougall, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1987).

"If not against us, nature is not for us."
Herman Melville (1819-1891), U.S. author. Mardi (1849), ch. 69, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 3, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1970). Spoken by Babbalanga, the philosopher.

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Herman Melville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His first two books gained much ...
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The Life and Works of Herman Melville
The Life and Works of Herman Melville is a publication dedicated to disseminating information about Herman Melville on the Internet and the World Wide Web. ...
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Herman Melville - Biography and Works
Herman Melville. Biography of Herman Melville and a searchable collection of works.
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Herman Melville Biography and Literary Works
Three novels and three short stories, in searchable HTML. For the novels, each chapter has its own file.
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