Redburn, his first voyage
Subtitle: being the sailor-boy confessions and reminiscences of the son-of-a-gentleman, in the merchant service.
Series: The writings of Herman Melville,; v. 4
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 1969
Place of publication: Evanston [Ill.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: Sailors -- Fiction; Young men -- Fiction; Seafaring life -- Fiction; Merchant mariners -- Fiction; Americans -- England -- Fiction; Liverpool (England) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Redburn charts the coming-of-age of Wellingborough Redburn, a young innocent who embarks on a crossing to Liverpool together with a roguish crew. Once in Liverpool, Redburn encounters the squalid conditions of the city and meets Harry Bolton, a bereft and damaged soul, who takes him on a tour of London that includes a scene of rococo decadence.
Notes: "Sources": p. 350-352.