Personal Quotes
- Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope ...
- Some dying men are the most tyrannical; and certainly, since they will shortly trouble us so little for evermore, the poor fellows ought to be indulged. University of Virginia: Moby-Dick
Notable Works
- 1846: Typee
- 1851: Moby-Dick
- 1853: Bartleby the Scrivener
- 1855: Benito Cereno
- 1890: Billy Bud
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Herman Melville Personal Timeline
1838 Melville enrolls at Lansingburgh Academy to study engineering and surveying.
1843 Does odd jobs in Honolulu before enlisting in the U.S. Navy aboard
1847 He marries Elizabeth Shaw and settles in New York City.
1850 He purchases Arrowhead, a farm outside Pittsfield, Massachusetts
1856 Had mental and physical collapse, travels in Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Lands
1891: Dies on September 28
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Fast Facts
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Born
August 1, 1819
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Birthplace
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Fact:
Third child and second son of Allan and Maria Gansevoort Melville
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Fact:
Married Elizabeth Shaw and had four children
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Literary Genre(s)
Fiction; Short Stories; Novels; Poetry; Adventure Fiction
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Death
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Remains
