Download or read book Redburn - His First Voyage (Annotated Edition) written by Herman Melville and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2012 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the extended and annotated edition including an extensive biographical annotation about the author and his life. Redburn is a semi-autobiographical novel concerning the sufferings of a refined youth among coarse and brutal sailors and the seedier areas of Liverpool. This theme of a youth confronted by realities and evils for which he is unprepared—or incorrectly prepared by both family and American institutions—is a prominent one in Melville's works. (from wikipedia.com)