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Melville

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Mel·ville  (mlvl), Herman 1819-1891.
American writer whose experiences at sea provided the factual basis of Moby-Dick (1851), considered among the greatest American novels. His other works include short stories, such as "Bartleby the Scrivener" (1856), and the novella Billy Budd (published 1924).
Mel·ville·an (-vl-n) adj.
Melville, Lake
A saltwater lake of Newfoundland, Canada, in southeast Labrador. It receives the Churchill River in Goose Bay, its southwest arm.
Melville [ˈmɛlvɪl]
n
(Biographies / Melville, Herman (1819-1891) M, US, WRITING: novelist, WRITING: short-story writer) Herman. 1819-91, US novelist and short-story writer. Among his works, Moby Dick (1851) and Billy Budd (written 1891, published 1924) are outstanding
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Noun1.MelvilleMelville - United States writer of novels and short stories (1819-1891)
Herman Melville


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Whitman and Van Velsor, Melville and Gansevoort, were the several combinations which produced these men; and it is easy to trace in the life and character of each author the qualities derived from his joint ancestry.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
When I became interested in the subject towards the end of the eighteen-seventies, Melville Bell was dead; but Alexander J.
Pygmalion by Shaw, George Bernard View in context
The winter'll go fast, for Will Melville is going to lend me his mother's sewing machine, and I'm going to make white petticoats out of the piece of muslin aunt Jane sent, and have 'em just solid with tucks.
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