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Can I read Melville: A Novel (New York Review Books Classics) on EtoBox?
Melville: A Novel (New York Review Books Classics) by Giono, Jean; Eprile, Paul; White, Edmund is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Melville: A Novel (New York Review Books Classics) about?
Originally published to promote his French translation of Moby-Dick, Jean Giono's Melville: A Novel is an astonishing literary compound of fiction, biography, personal essay, and criticism. In the fall of 1849, Herman Melville traveled to London to deliver his novel White-Jacket to his publisher. On his return to America, Melville would write Moby-Dick. Melville: A Novel imagines what happened in between: the adventurous writer fleeing London for the country, wrestling with an angel, falling in
Who reads Melville: A Novel (New York Review Books Classics)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Giono, Jean; Eprile, Paul; White, Edmund
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781681371382
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance
- Rating
- 3.78 / 5 (20 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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