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Redburn. His First Voyage
Herman Melville
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CHAPTER I. HOW WELLINGBOROUGH REDBURN’S TASTE FOR THE SEA WAS BORN AND BRED IN HIM
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CHAPTER II. REDBURN’S DEPARTURE FROM HOME
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CHAPTER III. HE ARRIVES IN TOWN
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CHAPTER IV. HOW HE DISPOSED OF HIS FOWLING-PIECE
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CHAPTER V. HE PURCHASES HIS SEA-WARDROBE, AND ON A DISMAL RAINY DAY PICKS UP HIS BOARD AND LODGING ALONG THE WHARVES
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CHAPTER VI. HE IS INITIATED IN THE BUSINESS OF CLEANING OUT THE PIG-PEN, AND SLUSHING DOWN THE TOP-MAST
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CHAPTER VII. HE GETS TO SEA AND FEELS VERY BAD
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CHAPTER VIII. HE IS PUT INTO THE LARBOARD WATCH; GETS SEA-SICK; AND RELATES SOME OTHER OF HIS EXPERIENCES
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CHAPTER IX. THE SAILORS BECOMING A LITTLE SOCIAL, REDBURN CONVERSES WITH THEM
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CHAPTER X. HE IS VERY MUCH FRIGHTENED; THE SAILORS ABUSE HIM; AND HE BECOMES MISERABLE AND FORLORN
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CHAPTER XI. HE HELPS WASH THE DECKS, AND THEN GOES TO BREAKFAST
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CHAPTER XII. HE GIVES SOME ACCOUNT OF ONE OF HIS SHIPMATES CALLED JACKSON
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CHAPTER XIII. HE HAS A FINE DAY AT SEA, BEGINS TO LIKE IT; BUT CHANGES HIS MIND
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CHAPTER XIV. HE CONTEMPLATES MAKING A SOCIAL CALL ON THE CAPTAIN IN HIS CABIN
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CHAPTER XV. THE MELANCHOLY STATE OF HIS WARDROBE
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CHAPTER XVI. AT DEAD OF NIGHT HE IS SENT UP TO LOOSE THE MAIN-SKYSAIL
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CHAPTER XVII. THE COOK AND STEWARD
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CHAPTER XVIII. HE ENDEAVORS TO IMPROVE HIS MIND; AND TELLS OF ONE BLUNT AND HIS DREAM BOOK
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CHAPTER XIX. A NARROW ESCAPE
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CHAPTER XX. IN A FOG HE IS SET TO WORK AS A BELL-TOLLER, AND BEHOLDS A HERD OF OCEAN-ELEPHANTS
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CHAPTER XXI. A WHALEMAN AND A MAN-OF-WAR’S-MAN
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CHAPTER XXII. THE HIGHLANDER PASSES A WRECK
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CHAPTER XXIII. AN UNACCOUNTABLE CABIN-PASSENGER, AND A MYSTERIOUS YOUNG LADY
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CHAPTER XXIV. HE BEGINS TO HOP ABOUT IN THE RIGGING LIKE A SAINT JAGO’S MONKEY
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CHAPTER XXV. QUARTER-DECK FURNITURE
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CHAPTER XXVI. A SAILOR A JACK OF ALL TRADES
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CHAPTER XXVII. HE GETS A PEEP AT IRELAND, AND AT LAST ARRIVES AT LIVERPOOL
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CHAPTER XXVIII. HE GOES TO SUPPER AT THE SIGN OF THE BALTIMORE CLIPPER
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CHAPTER XXIX. REDBURN DEFERENTIALLY DISCOURSES CONCERNING THE PROSPECTS OF SAILORS
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CHAPTER XXX. REDBURN GROWS INTOLERABLY FLAT AND STUPID OVER SOME OUTLANDISH OLD GUIDE-BOOKS
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CHAPTER XXXI. WITH HIS PROSY OLD GUIDE-BOOK, HE TAKES A PROSY STROLL THROUGH THE TOWN
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CHAPTER XXXII. THE DOCKS
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CHAPTER XXXIII. THE SALT-DROGHERS, AND GERMAN EMIGRANT SHIPS
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CHAPTER XXXIV. THE IRRAWADDY
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CHAPTER XXXV. GALLIOTS, COAST-OF-GUINEA-MAN, AND FLOATING CHAPEL
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CHAPTER XXXVI. THE OLD CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS, AND THE DEAD-HOUSE
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CHAPTER XXXVII. WHAT REDBURN SAW IN LAUNCELOTT’S-HEY
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CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE DOCK-WALL BEGGARS
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CHAPTER XXXIX. THE BOOBLE-ALLEYS OF THE TOWN
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CHAPTER XL. PLACARDS, BRASS-JEWELERS, TRUCK-HORSES, AND STEAMERS
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CHAPTER XLI. REDBURN ROVES ABOUT HITHER AND THITHER
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CHAPTER XLII. HIS ADVENTURE WITH THE CROSS OLD GENTLEMAN
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CHAPTER XLIII. HE TAKES A DELIGHTFUL RAMBLE INTO THE COUNTRY; AND MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THREE ADORABLE CHARMERS
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CHAPTER XLIV. REDBURN INTRODUCES MASTER HARRY BOLTON TO THE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION OF THE READER
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CHAPTER XLV. HARRY BOLTON KIDNAPS REDBURN, AND CARRIES HIM OFF TO LONDON
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CHAPTER XLVI. A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT IN LONDON
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CHAPTER XLVII. HOMEWARD BOUND
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CHAPTER XLVIII. A LIVING CORPSE
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CHAPTER XLIX. CARLO
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CHAPTER L. HARRY BOLTON AT SEA
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CHAPTER LI. THE EMIGRANTS
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CHAPTER LII. THE EMIGRANTS’ KITCHEN
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CHAPTER LIII. THE HORATII AND CURIATII
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CHAPTER LIV. SOME SUPERIOR OLD NAIL-ROD AND PIG-TAIL
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CHAPTER LV. DRAWING NIGH TO THE LAST SCENE IN JACKSON’S CAREER
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CHAPTER LVI. UNDER THE LEE OF THE LONG-BOAT, REDBURN AND HARRY HOLD CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNION
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CHAPTER LVII. ALMOST A FAMINE
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CHAPTER LVIII. THOUGH THE HIGHLANDER PUTS INTO NO HARBOR AS YET; SHE HERE AND THERE LEAVES MANY OF HER PASSENGERS BEHIND
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CHAPTER LIX. THE LAST END OF JACKSON
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CHAPTER LX. HOME AT LAST
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CHAPTER LXI. REDBURN AND HARRY, ARM IN ARM, IN HARBOR
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CHAPTER LXII. THE LAST THAT WAS EVER HEARD OF HARRY BOLTON
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CHAPTER I. HOW WELLINGBOROUGH REDBURN’S TASTE FOR THE SEA WAS BORN AND BRED IN HIM
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