Herman melville and family

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick, a story of a whaling voyage and the obsessive quest of Ahab, the captain of the Pequod, for revenge on the white whale Moby Dick.

Melville was born in New York City in 1819.

Herman melville and family

He was the third of eight children born to a prosperous merchant. Melville's father died in 1832, and the family's financial situation declined. Melville quit school and went to sea at the age of 19. He served on merchant ships and whalers for the next four years.

In 1844, Melville published his first book, Typee, an account of his experiences on a South Seas island.

Typee was a success, and Melville published two more books about his South Seas experiences, Omoo and Mardi.

In 1851, Melville published Moby-Dick. Moby-Dick was not a commercial success, but it is now considered one of the greatest nove