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Melville in Love: The Secret Life of Herman Melville and the Muse of Moby-Dick
By Shelden, Michael
- ISBN
- 9780062418982 9780062419064
- Publisher
- Ecco: HarperCollins
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Reviewed on May 1, 2016 | Arts and Humanities
What a scandalous surprise author Shelden's (Orwell: The Authorized Biography) biography will be for anyone who thinks of Herman Melville as just a stately old man with a bushy beard. Using newly discovered archival materials, Shelden relates the adulterous love affair between Melville and Sarah Morewood. He suggests both Moby-Dick and Pierre were heavily influenced by the 19th-century novelist's relationship with Morewood....Log In or Sign Up to Read More
