Redburn.His First Voyage E-Book

Herman Melville.

• Herausgeber: Herman Melville
• Kategorie: Abenteuer, Thriller, Horror
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

Redburn: His First Voyage is the fourth book by the American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1849. The book is semi-autobiographical and recounts the adventures of a refined youth among coarse and brutal sailors and the seedier areas of Liverpool. In Redburn, the protagonist enlists for a stint as a seaman aboard Highlander, a merchant ship running between New York and London…

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Redburn. His First Voyage

by

Herman Melville

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I. HOW WELLINGBOROUGH REDBURN'S TASTE FOR THE SEA WAS BORN AND BRED IN HIM

II. REDBURN'S DEPARTURE FROM HOME

III. HE ARRIVES IN TOWN

IV. HOW HE DISPOSED OF HIS FOWLING-PIECE

V. HE PURCHASES HIS SEA-WARDROBE, AND ON A DISMAL RAINY DAY PICKS UP HIS BOARD AND LODGING ALONG THE WHARVES

VI. HE IS INITIATED IN THE BUSINESS OF CLEANING OUT THE PIG-PEN, AND SLUSHING DOWN THE TOP-MAST

VII. HE GETS TO SEA AND FEELS VERY BAD

VIII. HE IS PUT INTO THE LARBOARD WATCH; GETS SEA-SICK; AND RELATES SOME OTHER OF HIS EXPERIENCES

IX. THE SAILORS BECOMING A LITTLE SOCIAL, REDBURN CONVERSES WITH THEM

X. HE IS VERY MUCH FRIGHTENED; THE SAILORS ABUSE HIM; AND HE BECOMES MISERABLE AND FORLORN

XI. HE HELPS WASH THE DECKS, AND THEN GOES TO BREAKFAST

XII. HE GIVES SOME ACCOUNT OF ONE OF HIS SHIPMATES CALLED JACKSON

XIII. HE HAS A FINE DAY AT SEA, BEGINS TO LIKE IT; BUT CHANGES HIS MIND

XIV. HE CONTEMPLATES MAKING A SOCIAL CALL ON THE CAPTAIN IN HIS CABIN

XV. THE MELANCHOLY STATE OF HIS WARDROBE

XVI. AT DEAD OF NIGHT HE IS SENT UP TO LOOSE THE MAIN-SKYSAIL

XVII. THE COOK AND STEWARD

XVIII. HE ENDEAVORS TO IMPROVE HIS MIND; AND TELLS OF ONE BLUNT AND HIS DREAM BOOK

XIX. A NARROW ESCAPE

XX. IN A FOG HE IS SET TO WORK AS A BELL-TOLLER, AND BEHOLDS A HERD OF OCEAN-ELEPHANTS

XXI. A WHALEMAN AND A MAN-OF-WAR'S-MAN

XXII. THE HIGHLANDER PASSES A WRECK

XXIII. AN UNACCOUNTABLE CABIN-PASSENGER, AND A MYSTERIOUS YOUNG LADY

XXIV. HE BEGINS TO HOP ABOUT IN THE RIGGING LIKE A SAINT JAGO's MONKEY

XXV. QUARTER-DECK FURNITURE

XXVI. A SAILOR A JACK OF ALL TRADES

XXVII. HE GETS A PEEP AT IRELAND, AND AT LAST ARRIVES AT LIVERPOOL

XXVIII. HE GOES TO SUPPER AT THE SIGN OF THE BALTIMORE CLIPPER

XXIX. REDBURN DEFERENTIALLY DISCOURSES CONCERNING THE PROSPECTS OF SAILORS

XXX. REDBURN GROWS INTOLERABLY FLAT AND STUPID OVER SOME OUTLANDISH OLD GUIDE-BOOKS

XXXI. WITH HIS PROSY OLD GUIDE-BOOK, HE TAKES A PROSY STROLL THROUGH THE TOWN

XXXII. THE DOCKS

XXXIII. THE SALT-DROGHERS, AND GERMAN EMIGRANT SHIPS

XXXIV. THE IRRAWADDY

XXXV. GALLIOTS, COAST-OF-GUINEA-MAN, AND FLOATING CHAPEL

XXXVI. THE OLD CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS, AND THE DEAD-HOUSE

XXXVII. WHAT REDBURN SAW IN LAUNCELOTT'S-HEY

XXXVIII. THE DOCK-WALL BEGGARS

XXXIX. THE BOOBLE-ALLEYS OF THE TOWN

XL. PLACARDS, BRASS-JEWELERS, TRUCK-HORSES, AND STEAMERS

XLI. REDBURN ROVES ABOUT HTHER AND THITHER

XLII. HIS ADVENTURE WITH THE CROSS OLD GENTLEMAN

XLIII. HE TAKES A DELIGHTFUL RAMBLE INTO THE COUNTRY; AND MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THREE ADORABLE CHARMERS

XLIV. REDBURN INTRODUCES MASTER HARRY BOLTON TO THE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION OF THE READER

XLV. HARRY BOLTON KIDNAPS REDBURN, AND CARRIES HIM OFF TO LONDON

XLVI. A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT IN LONDON

XLVII. HOMEWARD BOUND

XLVIII. A LIVING CORPSE

XLIX. CARLO

L. HARRY BOLTON AT SEA

LI. THE EMIGRANTS

LII. THE EMIGRANTS' KITCHEN

LIII. THE HORATII AND CURIATII

LIV. SOME SUPERIOR OLD NAIL-ROD AND PIG-TAIL

LVI. UNDER THE LEE OF THE LONG-BOAT, REDBURN AND HARRY HOLD CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNION

LVII. ALMOST A FAMINE

LVIII. THOUGH THE HIGHLANDER PUTS INTO NO HARBOR AS YET; SHE HERE AND THERE LEAVES MANY OF HER PASSENGERS BEHIND

LIX. THE LAST END OF JACKSON

LX. HOME AT LAST

LXI. REDBURN AND HARRY, ARM IN ARM, IN HARBOR

LXII. THE LAST THAT WAS EVER HEARD OF HARRY BOLTON

Being the Sailor BoyConfessions and ReminiscencesOf the Son-Of-A-GentlemanIn the Merchant Navy

I. HOW WELLINGBOROUGH REDBURN'S TASTE FOR THE SEA WAS BORN AND BRED IN HIM

"Wellingborough, as you are going to sea, suppose you take this shooting-jacket of mine along; it's just the thing—take it, it will save the expense of another. You see, it's quite warm; fine long skirts, stout horn buttons, and plenty of pockets."

Out of the goodness and simplicity of his heart, thus spoke my elder brother to me, upon the eve of my departure for the seaport.

"And, Wellingborough," he added, "since we are both short of money, and you want an outfit, and I Have none to give, you may as well take my fowling-piece along, and sell it in New York for what you can get.—Nay, take it; it's of no use to me now; I can't find it in powder anymore."

I was then but a boy. Some time previous my mother had removed from New York to a pleasant village on the Hudson River, where we lived in a small house, in a quiet way. Sad disappointments in several plans which I had sketched for my future life; the necessity of doing something for myself, united to a naturally roving disposition, had now conspired within me, to send me to sea as a sailor.

For months previous I had been poring over old New York papers, delightedly perusing the long columns of ship advertisements, all of which possessed a strange, romantic charm to me. Over and over again I devoured such announcements as the following:

FOR BREMEN.The coppered and copper-fastened brig Leda, having nearly completed her cargo, will sail for the above port on Tuesday the twentieth of May. For freight or passage apply on board at Coenties Slip.