Redburn: His First Voyage is the fourth book by the American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1849. The book is semi-autobiographical and recounts the adventures of a refined youth among coarse and brutal sailors and the seedier areas of Liverpool. Unable to find employment at home, young Wellingborough Redburn signs on the Highlander, a merchantman out of New York City bound for Liverpool, England. Representing himself as the "son of a gentleman" and expecting to be treated as such, he discovers that he is just a green hand, a "boy", the lowest rank on the ship, assigned all the duties no other sailor wants, like cleaning out the "pig-pen", a longboat that serves as a shipboard sty…
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Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9783985315383 ● Maison d’édition Otbebookpublishing ● Publié 2021 ● Téléchargeable 3 fois ● Devise EUR ● ID 8168556 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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