The mighty US suddenly seemed as impotent as a beached whale.
Herman Melville Quotes
In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers.
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| Birth: | 1st August, 1819 |
| Death: | 28th September, 1891 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Novelist, Poet, Sailor, Writer |
About
Herman Melville was born in New York City, New York, USA. He was an American novelist, short story writer and poet. His best known works include Typee, a romantic account of his experiences in Polynesian life, and his whaling novel Moby-Dick. He wrote several books include: Omoo, Mardi(novel), Redburn, White-Jacket, Pierre(novel), Israel Potter, Bartleby and Benito Cereno(short story), The Confidence Man, Benito Cereno(novel), Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War: Civil War Poems, The Piazza Tales(short story), Clarel(poem), I and My Chimney, Timoleon(poem), and The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids(short story).
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