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Redburn : His first voyage / Herman Melville.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Melville, Herman, author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cleveland : Duke Classics, 2012.
- System Details:
- Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1776 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 507 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1775 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 499 KB).
- Summary:
- Sea voyages and the vagaries of life on a ship are constant themes in the work of Herman Melville. In the novel Redburn , Melville sharply contrasts the refined sensibilities of the title character, an upper-class American youth, with the coarse manners of his Liverpudlian shipmates. The novel is notable for its finely drawn characters and piercing social criticism.
- Notes:
- Title from eBook information screen.
- ISBN:
- 9781620119471
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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