ALS : Pittsfield, Mass., to Dix, Edwards, & Co., 1856 Jan. 19.

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ALS : Pittsfield, Mass., to Dix, Edwards, & Co., 1856 Jan. 19.

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Sends the revised text of the stories that were to be published as Piazza Tales and discusses details of the design for the book. Includes a sketch of the title page, using the working title Benito Cereno.

1 item (3 p.) ; 18 cm.

Rosenbach Museum & Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6681952

Rosenbach Museum & Library

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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

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Herman Melville (b. Aug. 1, 1819, NY, NY–d. Sept. 28, 1891, NY, NY) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. His best known works include Typee (1846) and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851). His writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. He developed a complex, baroque style; the vocabulary is rich and or...

Dix & Edwards

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