Title | : | Redburn (Unabridged) |
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Author | : | Herman Melville |
Release | : | 2010-09-30 |
Kind | : | audiobook |
Genre | : | Fiction |
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1 | Redburn (Unabridged) | Herman Melville |
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 Melvilles fiction. Redburn is not a document; it is a work of art by the unexpected genius of a sailor, Herman Melville. |