{"product_id":"redburn-9780375760044","title":"Redburn","description":"Drawn from Melville's own adolescent experience aboard a merchant ship, \u003ci\u003eRedburn\u003c\/i\u003e charts the coming-of-age of Wellingborough Redburn, a young innocent who embarks on a crossing to Liverpool together with a roguish crew. Once in Liverpool, Redburn encounters the squalid conditions of the city and meets Harry Bolton, a bereft and damaged soul, who takes him on a tour of London that includes a scene of rococo decadence unlike anything else in Melville's fiction. In her Introduction, Elizabeth Hardwick writes, \"\u003ci\u003eRedburn\u003c\/i\u003e is rich in masterful portraits--a gallery of wild colors, pretensions and falsehoods, fleeting associations of unexpected tenderness. . . . \u003ci\u003eRedburn\u003c\/i\u003e is not a document; it is a work of art by the unexpected genius of a sailor, Herman Melville.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the text of the first American edition of 1849.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Hardwick\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many books and essays, including \u003ci\u003eAmerican Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e (available from Modern Library Paperbacks) and \u003ci\u003eHerman Melville\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50917622972690,"sku":"9780375760044","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b51553b1-8e46-4d0d-84d1-ec6e71be372b.jpg?v=1738868614","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/redburn-9780375760044","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}