Open Old Books
Redburn: His First Voyage

Redburn: His First Voyage

by Herman Melville

★★★★★No ratings yet

Language: English

Sign in to rate this book.

Sign in to shelve this book.

Start reading

About this eBook

Author
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
Title
Redburn. His First Voyage Being the Sailor Boy Confessions and Reminiscences of the Son-Of-A-Gentleman in the Merchant Navy
Credits
Project Gutenberg volunteers and Blackmask Online
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Liverpool (England) -- Fiction
Category
Text
eBook-No.
8118
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8118
Release Date
May 1, 2005
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Redburn: His First Voyage — by Herman Melville — Contents
  2. 2.CHAPTER I. HOW WELLINGBOROUGH REDBURN’S TASTE FOR THE SEA WAS BORN AND BRED IN HIM
  3. 3.CHAPTER II. REDBURN’S DEPARTURE FROM HOME
  4. 4.CHAPTER III. HE ARRIVES IN TOWN
  5. 5.CHAPTER IV. HOW HE DISPOSED OF HIS FOWLING-PIECE
  6. 6.CHAPTER V. HE PURCHASES HIS SEA-WARDROBE, AND ON A DISMAL RAINY DAY PICKS UP HIS BOARD AND LODGING ALONG THE WHARVES
  7. 7.CHAPTER VI. HE IS INITIATED IN THE BUSINESS OF CLEANING OUT THE PIG-PEN, AND SLUSHING DOWN THE TOP-MAST
  8. 8.CHAPTER VII. HE GETS TO SEA AND FEELS VERY BAD
  9. 9.CHAPTER VIII. HE IS PUT INTO THE LARBOARD WATCH; GETS SEA-SICK; AND RELATES SOME OTHER OF HIS EXPERIENCES
  10. 10.CHAPTER IX. THE SAILORS BECOMING A LITTLE SOCIAL, REDBURN CONVERSES WITH THEM
  11. 11.CHAPTER X. HE IS VERY MUCH FRIGHTENED; THE SAILORS ABUSE HIM; AND HE BECOMES MISERABLE AND FORLORN
  12. 12.CHAPTER XI. HE HELPS WASH THE DECKS, AND THEN GOES TO BREAKFAST
  13. 13.CHAPTER XII. HE GIVES SOME ACCOUNT OF ONE OF HIS SHIPMATES CALLED JACKSON
  14. 14.CHAPTER XIII. HE HAS A FINE DAY AT SEA, BEGINS TO LIKE IT; BUT CHANGES HIS MIND
  15. 15.CHAPTER XIV. HE CONTEMPLATES MAKING A SOCIAL CALL ON THE CAPTAIN IN HIS CABIN
  16. 16.CHAPTER XV. THE MELANCHOLY STATE OF HIS WARDROBE
  17. 17.CHAPTER XVI. AT DEAD OF NIGHT HE IS SENT UP TO LOOSE THE MAIN-SKYSAIL
  18. 18.CHAPTER XVII. THE COOK AND STEWARD
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVIII. HE ENDEAVORS TO IMPROVE HIS MIND; AND TELLS OF ONE BLUNT AND HIS DREAM BOOK
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIX. A NARROW ESCAPE
  21. 21.CHAPTER XX. IN A FOG HE IS SET TO WORK AS A BELL-TOLLER, AND BEHOLDS A HERD OF OCEAN-ELEPHANTS
  22. 22.CHAPTER XXI. A WHALEMAN AND A MAN-OF-WAR’S-MAN
  23. 23.CHAPTER XXII. THE HIGHLANDER PASSES A WRECK
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXIII. AN UNACCOUNTABLE CABIN-PASSENGER, AND A MYSTERIOUS YOUNG LADY
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXIV. HE BEGINS TO HOP ABOUT IN THE RIGGING LIKE A SAINT JAGO’S MONKEY
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXV. QUARTER-DECK FURNITURE
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXVI. A SAILOR A JACK OF ALL TRADES
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXVII. HE GETS A PEEP AT IRELAND, AND AT LAST ARRIVES AT LIVERPOOL
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVIII. HE GOES TO SUPPER AT THE SIGN OF THE BALTIMORE CLIPPER
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXIX. REDBURN DEFERENTIALLY DISCOURSES CONCERNING THE PROSPECTS OF SAILORS
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXX. REDBURN GROWS INTOLERABLY FLAT AND STUPID OVER SOME OUTLANDISH OLD GUIDE-BOOKS
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXXI. WITH HIS PROSY OLD GUIDE-BOOK, HE TAKES A PROSY STROLL THROUGH THE TOWN
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXXII. THE DOCKS
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXXIII. THE SALT-DROGHERS, AND GERMAN EMIGRANT SHIPS
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXIV. THE IRRAWADDY
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXV. GALLIOTS, COAST-OF-GUINEA-MAN, AND FLOATING CHAPEL
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXVI. THE OLD CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS, AND THE DEAD-HOUSE
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXVII. WHAT REDBURN SAW IN LAUNCELOTT’S-HEY
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE DOCK-WALL BEGGARS
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIX. THE BOOBLE-ALLEYS OF THE TOWN
  41. 41.CHAPTER XL. PLACARDS, BRASS-JEWELERS, TRUCK-HORSES, AND STEAMERS
  42. 42.CHAPTER XLI. REDBURN ROVES ABOUT HITHER AND THITHER
  43. 43.CHAPTER XLII. HIS ADVENTURE WITH THE CROSS OLD GENTLEMAN
  44. 44.CHAPTER XLIII. HE TAKES A DELIGHTFUL RAMBLE INTO THE COUNTRY; AND MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THREE ADORABLE CHARMERS
  45. 45.CHAPTER XLIV. REDBURN INTRODUCES MASTER HARRY BOLTON TO THE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION OF THE READER
  46. 46.CHAPTER XLV. HARRY BOLTON KIDNAPS REDBURN, AND CARRIES HIM OFF TO LONDON
  47. 47.CHAPTER XLVI. A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT IN LONDON
  48. 48.CHAPTER XLVII. HOMEWARD BOUND
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLVIII. A LIVING CORPSE
  50. 50.CHAPTER XLIX. CARLO
  51. 51.CHAPTER L. HARRY BOLTON AT SEA
  52. 52.CHAPTER LI. THE EMIGRANTS
  53. 53.CHAPTER LII. THE EMIGRANTS’ KITCHEN
  54. 54.CHAPTER LIII. THE HORATII AND CURIATII
  55. 55.CHAPTER LIV. SOME SUPERIOR OLD NAIL-ROD AND PIG-TAIL
  56. 56.CHAPTER LV. DRAWING NIGH TO THE LAST SCENE IN JACKSON’S CAREER
  57. 57.CHAPTER LVI. UNDER THE LEE OF THE LONG-BOAT, REDBURN AND HARRY HOLD CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNION
  58. 58.CHAPTER LVII. ALMOST A FAMINE
  59. 59.CHAPTER LVIII. THOUGH THE HIGHLANDER PUTS INTO NO HARBOR AS YET; SHE HERE AND THERE LEAVES MANY OF HER PASSENGERS BEHIND
  60. 60.CHAPTER LIX. THE LAST END OF JACKSON
  61. 61.CHAPTER LX. HOME AT LAST
  62. 62.CHAPTER LXI. REDBURN AND HARRY, ARM IN ARM, IN HARBOR
  63. 63.CHAPTER LXII. THE LAST THAT WAS EVER HEARD OF HARRY BOLTON

Community reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet.