Redburn: His First Voyage - Being the Sailor-Boy Confessions and Reminiscences of the Son-of-a-Gentleman, in the Merchant Service (The Writings of Herman Melville, The Northwestern-Newberry Edition, Volume Four)
Evanston and Chicago: Northwestern University Press and The Newberry Library, 1969. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Item #2332592
ISBN: 0810100169
2nd printing. Wrappers lightly soiled, insides of wrappers a bit foxed.
xi, [1], 384 pp. Includes Historical Note and Textual Record following text. "Redburn is a fictional narrative of a boy's first voyage, based loosely on Melville's own first voyage to and from Liverpool in 1839. Hastily composed and little esteemed by its author, Redburn was more highly thought of by his critics, who saw it regaining the ground of popular sea stories like Typee and Omoo. Melville so disliked the novel that he submitted it to his publisher without polishing it. This scholarly edition corrects a number of errors that have persisted in subsequent editions. Based on collations of the editions published during his lifetime, it incorporates corrections made in the English edition and emendations made by the present editors."
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