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Read by Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley & Gideon Wagner (Unabridged: 1hr 5mins)

Herman Melville was born in New York City on August 1st, 1819, the third of eight children.

At the age of 7 Melville contracted scarlet fever which was to permanently diminish his eyesight.  <p>At this time Melville was described as being very backwards in speech and somewhat slow in comprehension.

His father died when he was 12 leaving the family in very straitened times. Just 14 Melville took a job in a bank paying $150 a year that he obtained via his uncle, Peter Gansevoort, who was one of the directors of the New York State Bank.

After a failed stint as a surveyor he signed on to go to sea and travelled across the Atlantic to Liverpool and then on further voyages to the Pacific on adventures which would soon become the architecture of his novels.  Whilst travelling he joined a mutiny, was jailed, fell in love with a South Pacific beauty and became known as a figure of opposition to the coercion of native Hawaiians to the Christian religion.

He drew from these experiences in his books Typee, Omoo, and White-Jacket. These were published as novels, the first initially in London in 1846.

By 1851 his masterpiece, Moby Dick, was ready to be published.  It is perhaps, and certainly at the time, one of the most ambitious novels ever written.   However, it never sold out its initial print run of 3,000 and Melville’s earnings on this masterpiece were a mere $556.37.

In succeeding years his reputation waned and he found life increasingly difficult.  His family was growing, now four children, and a stable income was essential.

With his finances in a disappointing state Melville took the advice of friends that a change in career was called for.  For many others public lecturing had proved very rewarding.  From late 1857 to 1860, Melville embarked upon three lecture tours, where he spoke mainly on Roman statuary and sightseeing in Rome.

In 1876 he was at last able to publish privately his 16,000 line epic poem Clarel. It was to no avail.  The book had an initial printing of 350 copies, but sales failed miserably.

On December 31st, 1885 Melville was at last able to retire.  His wife had inherited several small legacies and provide them with a reasonable income.

Herman Melville, novelist, poet, short story writer and essayist, died at his home on September 28rh 1891 from cardiovascular disease.

In this compilation – 

01 – The Poetry of Herman Melville – An Introduction

02 – The Maldive Shark by Herman Melville

03 – The Eagle Of The Blue by Herman Melville

04 – John Marr and Other Sailors by Herman Melville

05 – The Stone Fleet by Herman Melville

06 – Father Mapples Hymn by Herman Melville

07 – After the Pleasure Party – Lines Traced Under an Image of Amor Threatening by Herman Melville

08 – The Berg, A Dream by Herman Melville

09 – The Temeraire by Herman Melville

10 – The Swamp Angel by Herman Melville

11 – Misgivings by Herman Melville

12 – The House Top (A Night Piece) by Herman Melville

13 – Immolated by Herman Melville

14 – The Enthusiast by Herman Melville

15 – The Land of Love by Herman Melville

16 – Aurora Borealis by Herman Melville

17 – Shelley s Vision by Herman Melville

18 – Art by Herman Melville

19 – Greek Architecture by Herman Melville

20 – On the Photograph of a Corps Commander by Herman Melville

21 – The Apparition by Herman Melville

22 – Malvern Hill by Herman Melville

23 – Look-Out Mountain by Herman Merlville

24 – Monody by Herman Melville

25 – The March into Virginia by Herman Melville

26 – Duponts Round Fight (November 1861) by Herman Melville

27 – The Released Rebel Prisoner by Herman Melville

28 – Billy in the Darbies by Herman Melville

29 – In The Prison Pen by Herman Melville

30 – The Mound by the Lake by Herman Melville

31 – The Martyr by Herman Melville

32 – Shiloh by Herman Melville

33 – The Portent by Herman Melville

34 – Memorial on the Slain At Chickamauga by Herman Melville

35 – A Dirge for McPherson by Herman Melville

36 – A Meditation by Herman Melville

37 – America by Herman Melville

38 – The Age of the Antonines by Herman Melville

39 – Gettysburg by Herman Melville

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