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Redburn. His First VoyageHerman Melville

Redburn. His First Voyage

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Original author: Herman Melville

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"Redburn. His First Voyage" by Herman Melville is a semi-autobiographical novel published in 1849. It follows young Wellingborough Redburn, a gentleman's son who signs onto a merchant ship bound for Liverpool. Expecting respect, he instead faces brutal treatment as the lowest-ranking sailor aboard. He encounters tyrannical crewmates, witnesses devastating poverty in Liverpool's streets, and befriends a mysterious dandy whose secrets unfold during their return voyage. The novel chronicles a youth's harsh awakening to life's cruelties at sea and ashore.

Redburn. His First Voyage, by Herman Melville. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #8118.

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62 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: How Wellingborough Redburn’s Taste for the Sea Was Born and Bred in Him2,873 words
  2. 2.Chapter II: Redburn’s Departure From Home1,751 words
  3. 3.Chapter III: He Arrives in Town1,546 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV: How He Disposed of His Fowling-Piece1,552 words
  5. 5.Chapter V1,714 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI1,960 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII: He Gets to Sea and Feels Very Bad2,504 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII2,950 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX: The Sailors Becoming a Little Social, Redburn Converses with Them2,209 words
  10. 10.Chapter X1,144 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI: He Helps Wash the Decks, and Then Goes to Breakfast1,282 words
  12. 12.Chapter XII: He Gives Some Account of One of His Shipmates Called Jackson3,157 words
  13. 13.Chapter XIII: He Has a Fine Day at Sea, Begins to Like It; but Changes His Mind1,743 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIV: He Contemplates Making a Social Call on the Captain in His Cabin2,112 words
  15. 15.Chapter XV: The Melancholy State of His Wardrobe2,039 words
  16. 16.Chapter XVI: At Dead of Night He Is Sent Up to Loose the Main-Skysail1,137 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVII: The Cook and Steward1,732 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVIII2,764 words
  19. 19.Chapter XIX: A Narrow Escape950 words
  20. 20.Chapter XX1,320 words
  21. 21.Chapter XXI: A Whaleman and a Man-Of-War’s-Man1,059 words
  22. 22.Chapter XXII: The Highlander Passes a Wreck1,236 words
  23. 23.Chapter XXIII: An Unaccountable Cabin-Passenger, and a Mysterious Young Lady3,041 words
  24. 24.Chapter XXIV: He Begins to Hop About in the Rigging Like a Saint Jago’s Monkey1,514 words
  25. 25.Chapter XXV: Quarter-Deck Furniture670 words
  26. 26.Chapter XXVI: A Sailor a Jack of All Trades1,369 words
  27. 27.Chapter XXVII: He Gets a Peep at Ireland, and at Last Arrives at Liverpool2,270 words
  28. 28.Chapter XXVIII: He Goes to Supper at the Sign of the Baltimore Clipper2,071 words
  29. 29.Chapter XXIX: Redburn Deferentially Discourses Concerning the Prospects of Sailors1,869 words
  30. 30.Chapter XXX3,309 words
  31. 31.Chapter XXXI: With His Prosy Old Guide-Book, He Takes a Prosy Stroll Through the Town3,925 words
  1. 32.Chapter XXXII: The Docks1,612 words
  2. 33.Chapter XXXIII: The Salt-Droghers, and German Emigrant Ships2,013 words
  3. 34.Chapter XXXIV: The Irrawaddy1,555 words
  4. 35.Chapter XXXV: Galliots, Coast-Of-Guinea-Man, and Floating Chapel1,174 words
  5. 36.Chapter XXXVI: The Old Church of St. Nicholas, and the Dead-House802 words
  6. 37.Chapter XXXVII: What Redburn Saw in Launcelott’s-Hey2,094 words
  7. 38.Chapter XXXVIII: The Dock-Wall Beggars1,410 words
  8. 39.Chapter XXXIX: The Booble-Alleys of the Town929 words
  9. 40.Chapter XL: Placards, Brass-Jewelers, Truck-Horses, and Steamers2,962 words
  10. 41.Chapter XLI: Redburn Roves About Hither and Thither2,848 words
  11. 42.Chapter XLII: His Adventure with the Cross Old Gentleman458 words
  12. 43.Chapter XLIII2,384 words
  13. 44.Chapter XLIV3,128 words
  14. 45.Chapter XLV: Harry Bolton Kidnaps Redburn, and Carries Him Off to London949 words
  15. 46.Chapter XLVI: A Mysterious Night in London3,900 words
  16. 47.Chapter XLVII: Homeward Bound2,262 words
  17. 48.Chapter XLVIII: A Living Corpse1,157 words
  18. 49.Chapter XLIX: Carlo1,811 words
  19. 50.Chapter L: Harry Bolton at Sea2,464 words
  20. 51.Chapter LI: The Emigrants1,366 words
  21. 52.Chapter LII: The Emigrants’ Kitchen1,292 words
  22. 53.Chapter LIII: The Horatii and Curiatii1,065 words
  23. 54.Chapter LIV: Some Superior Old Nail-Rod and Pig-Tail1,601 words
  24. 55.Chapter LV: Drawing Nigh to the Last Scene in Jackson’s Career640 words
  25. 56.Chapter LVI2,065 words
  26. 57.Chapter LVII: Almost a Famine655 words
  27. 58.Chapter LVIII3,627 words
  28. 59.Chapter LIX: The Last End of Jackson1,181 words
  29. 60.Chapter LX: Home at Last1,475 words
  30. 61.Chapter LXI: Redburn and Harry, Arm in Arm, in Harbor3,011 words
  31. 62.Chapter LXII: The Last That Was Ever Heard of Harry Bolton1,119 words