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Redburn. His First Voyage Being the Sailor Boy Confessions and Reminiscences of the Son-Of-A-Gentleman in the Merchant Navy
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- Redburn. His First Voyage
- Herman Melville
- 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
- XII. 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 HITHER 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
- LV. DRAWING NIGH TO THE LAST SCENE IN JACKSON'S CAREER
- 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 HABBY, ARM IN ARM, IN HARBOR
- LXII. THE LAST THAT WAS EVER HEARD OF HARRY BOLTON
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