Redburn His First Voyage

Redburn: His First Voyage is a novel written by Herman Melville. The book tells the story of a young man named Wellingborough Redburn who embarks on his first sea voyage as a sailor on a merchant ship bound for Liverpool. Redburn is from a poor family and hopes to make a better life for himself by working on the ship. However, he soon discovers that life at sea is not as glamorous as he imagined. He faces harsh conditions, cruel treatment from his superiors, and immoral behavior from his fellow sailors. Along the way, Redburn makes some friends and learns valuable lessons about life and human nature. The book is a coming-of-age story that explores themes of class, morality, and the harsh realities of life at sea. It is a classic work of American literature and is considered one of Melville's lesser-known but still important works.Yes, I will go to sea; cut my kind uncles and aunts, and sympathizing patrons, and leave no heavy hearts but those in my own home, and take none along but the one which aches in my bosom. Cold, bitter cold as December, and bleak as its blasts, seemed the world then to me; there is no misanthrope like a boy disappointed; and such was I, with the warmth of me flogged out by adversity. But these thoughts are bitter enough even now, for they have not yet gone quite away; and they must be uncongenial enough to the reader; so no more of that, and let me go on with my story.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.