Herman Melville

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English: Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet, probably best known as the author of Moby-Dick. Read quotations

Portraits[edit]

  • 1846

  • 1860

  • 1861

  • 1868

  • 1870

  • 1885

Family[edit]

  • His wife Elizabeth

  • His father Allan Melvill

  • His maternal grandfather Peter Gansevoort

  • His paternal grandfather Thomas Melvill

Places[edit]

  • Arrowhead, July 2006

  • Arrowhead, April 1934

  • Study at Arrowhead

  • Grave site.

Illustrations[edit]

  • The final chase of Moby-Dick.

  • Moby-Dick

  • Queequeg

  • The voyage of the Pequod.

  • Fayaway

  • Illustration from Typee

  • Illustration from Typee

Manuscripts[edit]

  • Manuscript page from Billy Budd

  • Manuscript fragment from Chapter 14 of The Confidence-Man

  • Letter

  • Signature

  • Envelope

  • Letter to Nathaniel Hawthorne 1

  • Letter to Nathaniel Hawthorne 2

Works[edit]

  • Typee

  • Omoo

  • Mardi - volume 1

  • Mardi - volume 2

  • Redburn

  • White Jacket

  • Moby-Dick - volume 1

  • Moby-Dick - volume 2

  • Pierre

  • Israel Potter

  • The Confidence Man

  • The Piazza Tales

  • John Marr and Other Poems

Other[edit]

  • Title page, 1st edition of Moby-Dick

  • Obituary in the New York Times

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