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By: Óscar, Íñigo and Gonzalo. BBorn  August 1819 Died  September 1891. AAt eleven he moved with his family to Albany. MMelville briefly became.

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1 By: Óscar, Íñigo and Gonzalo

2 BBorn  August 1819 Died  September 1891. AAt eleven he moved with his family to Albany. MMelville briefly became a school teacher before he took to sea. TThe results of his experiences at sea were:  Best known for his novel Moby Dick.

3  Redburn His First Voyage (1849)  White-Jacket or The World in a Man-of- War (1850)  Moby-Dick or The Whale (1851)  Billy Budd  Typee  Billy Budd

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5  commercial failure.  First published as The Whale in London.  Definitive title in New York in November.

6  A sailor called Ishmael narrates the monomaniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick.  Dedicated to Nathaniel Hawthorne.  Draws on Melville's experience at sea.

7  Wikipedia  Biography.com

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