Redburn : Illustrated
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (645 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01LT76INA |
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| Number of Pages | : | 512 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Mocked by the crew on board the Highlander for his weakness and bullied by the vicious and merciless sailor Jackson, Wellington must struggle to endure the long journey from New York to Liverpool. Wellington Redburn is a fifteen-year-old from the state of New York, with only one dream - to run away to sea. Inspired by Melville’s own youthful experiences on board a cargo boat, this is a compelling tale of innocence transformed, through bitter experience, into disillusionment. But when he does reach England, he is equally horrified by what he finds there: poverty, desperation and moral corruption. However, when he does fulfil this long-held fantasy, he quickly finds that reality as a
Redburn was a victory.” —Lewis Mumford. “Redburn, recalling the cruel memories of Melville’s youth, was the first bitter cry of his maturity. The book has the wry humour of the grown man
Parzifal at sea and abroad H. Schneider A tough initiation to sea life for the frustrated and angry young man from the suddenly impoverished family with the formerly wealthy background. His father has died, leaving the mother and several kids without means. Wealthy aunts and uncles do little.He goes to sea, but starts on a wrong foot. The 'Highlander' takes him from New York to Liverpool as a 'boy', but based on the misunderstanding that he is wealthy and that his family is looking after him. Hence he has the whole crew against him.He is excessively il. Overlooked, but worthy reading material. Bobby K. Daugherty Melville has the distinction of being remembered as the a type of sailors writer. I had already read "White Jacket", "Moby Dick", as well as "Billy Budd and Other Stories" so I picked this up thinking I was doing little more than providing myself the opportunity with having read one more book than the next guy. I was underrating the book based on Melville's referring to it as an admitted "money job".The book stands quite well on it's own, and it is ironic that his admitted jobber material was and still so much be. Henry Ehrman said A deep look at Melville's heart. There are those who read Moby-Dick and say they love it because they're supposed to, because it's marked as a classic American novel; and then there are those who love Moby-Dick because its miraculous prose, its Shakespearean characters and its spirit truly get inside them. Redburn is for the second group: any real fan of Melville's unique philosophy and thorough mastery of style will love this book. Redburn is, to be sure, no Moby-Dick -- it has none of the epic quality of that crowning jewel. But all of Melvill