Herman Melville bibliography · Typee · Billy Budd · Bartleby, the Scrivener

American novelist, short-story writer, and poet, best known for his novels of the sea, including his masterpiece, Moby Dick (1851).

Novelist, short story writer, and poet Herman Melville is best known for his novels of the sea, especially Moby-Dick and Billy Budd.

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); ...

Herman Melville was an author who captured the attention and interest of his audience through recounting his own experiences, and the experiences of others.

The writing career of Herman Melville (1819 - 1891) peaked early, with his early novels, such as Typee becoming best sellers.

From 1849 to 1850, Melville wrote two more novels, Redburn and White-Jacket, both of which he later claimed to write simply for the money and the prestige.

In Herman Melville Graham Thompson examines the author's magazine work in its original publication context, including stories that became classics, such as ...

Melville's novel was published in London in October 1851 as The Whale and a month later in America as Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (see Researcher's Note). It ...

He was in his early thirties, a time when many men feel that the chance for untried things is slipping away. It was the summer of 1850. With his money worries ...