This omnibus collects all of Melville’s seafaring novels, including Typee, Omoo, Mardi, Redburn, White-Jacket, and Moby-Dick, a landmark of American literature that D.H. Lawrence praised as “a surpassingly beautiful book.” In addition, it includes the short novel Billy Budd, Sailor first published thirty-three years after Melville’s death.
Herman Melville: Seven Novels is part of Barnes & Noble’s Library of Essential Writers. Each title in the series presents the finest works—complete and unabridged—from one of the greatest writers in literature in magnificent, elegantly designed hardback editions. Every volume also includes an original introduction that provides the reader with enlightening information on the writer’s life and works.
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