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Redburn - His First Voyage (Annotated Edition)
Redburn - His First Voyage (Annotated Edition) | Herman Melville
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This is the extended and annotated edition including an extensive biographical annotation about the author and his life. Redburn is a semi-autobiographical novel concerning the sufferings of a refined youth among coarse and brutal sailors and the seedier areas of Liverpool. This theme of a youth confronted by realities and evils for which he is unpreparedor incorrectly prepared by both family and American institutionsis a prominent one in Melville's works. (from wikipedia.com)
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It was suppposed to be March Melville, but it took me longer to read this one. Some of the characters are pure gold, but most of all the depiction of the life on the sea as a sailor boy is amazing. Onto the next one #WhiteJacket

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