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The Original Contract for Melville’s Moby-Dick

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On the 161st anniversary of Moby-Dick by Herman Melville…

Once upon a time, when contracts were written out by hand…

Happy Birthday Herman Melville Born: August 01, 1819 in New York City, New York Died: September 28, 1891Genre: Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Short StoriesHerman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His first two books gained much attention, though they were not bestsellers, and his popularity declined precipitously only a few years later. By the time of his death he had been almost completely forgotten, but his longest novel, Moby-Dick — largely considered a failure during his lifetime, and most responsible for Melville’s fall from favor with the reading public — was rediscovered in the 20th century as one of the chief literary masterpieces of both American and world literature.

Happy Birthday Herman Melville

Born: August 01, 1819 in New York City, New York
Died: September 28, 1891
Genre: Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His first two books gained much attention, though they were not bestsellers, and his popularity declined precipitously only a few years later. By the time of his death he had been almost completely forgotten, but his longest novel, Moby-Dick — largely considered a failure during his lifetime, and most responsible for Melville’s fall from favor with the reading public — was rediscovered in the 20th century as one of the chief literary masterpieces of both American and world literature.