Herman Melville Books


Moby Dick

Herman Melville

Herman Melville's masterpiece Moby-Dick was published in 1851 to little critical acclaim. It is the story of the wandering sailor Ishmael's voyage on the whaling ship Pequod, which is commanded by Cap..

Bartleby, the Scrivener - A Story of Wall Street

Herman Melville

Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street is a short story by the American writer Herman Melville, first serialized anonymously in two parts in the November and December 1853 issues of Putnam's ..

Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War

Herman Melville

Published in 1866, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War is a collection of poems about the Civil War by Herman Melville. Many of the poems are inspired by second- and third-hand accounts from print ne..

I and My Chimney

Herman Melville

I and My Chimney is a family life fiction story written by Herman Melville, an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are T..

White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War

Herman Melville

This is a tale based on Melville's experiences aboard the USS United States from 1843 to 1844. It comments on the harsh and brutal realities of service in the US Navy at that time, but beyond this the..

John Marr and Other Sailors

Herman Melville

John Marr and Other Sailors is a volume of poetry published by Herman Melville in 1888. Melville published twenty-five copies at his own expense, indicating that they were intended for family and frie..