# Herman Melville

Based in [न्यूयॉर्क, न्यूयॉर्क, संयुक्त राज्य](https://localbooks.app/places/us/new-york/new-york-city)

Herman Melville (1819–1891) was born in New York City and went to sea as a young man, including on a whaling voyage to the Pacific. Moby-Dick sold poorly, and he spent many years as a customs inspector in New York.

## Books (2)

- [Bartleby, the Scrivener](https://localbooks.app/books/bartleby-the-scrivener) (1853)
- [Moby-Dick](https://localbooks.app/books/moby-dick) (1851)

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