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9781933633053
Herman Melville set sail on a whaler at age 18. On his return he wrote several bestselling adventure novels. Starting with Moby-Dick however, his work became increasingly complex and drew more and more criticism until, in 1857, after The Confidence Man, Melville stopped publishing fiction. He drifted into obscurity, working for the Customs House in New York until his death.Melville, Herman is the author of 'Benito Cereno ', published 2006 under ISBN 9781933633053 and ISBN 1933633050.
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