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  1. 1 day ago · Herman Melville (born Melvill; [a] August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia ; and Billy Budd, Sailor , a posthumously published novella .

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    • Benito Cereno

      —Amasa Delano, A Narrative of Voyages and Travels, 1817,...

    • Omoo

      Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas is the...

    • Moby-Dick

      Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer...

    • Herman Melville Bibliography

      The bibliography of Herman Melville includes magazine...

    • Pierre

      Pierre; or, The Ambiguities is the seventh book by American...

    • Bartleby, The Scrivener

      The narrator is an unnamed elderly lawyer who works with...

    • Typee

      Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is American writer Herman...

    • Billy Budd

      Billy Budd, Sailor (An Inside Narrative), also known as...

    • White-Jacket

      White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War is the fifth...

  2. 1 day ago · v. t. e. The Carolingian dynasty (/ ˌkærəˈlɪndʒiən / KARR-ə-LIN-jee-ən; [1] known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family named after Charles Martel and his grandson Charlemagne, descendants of the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD. [2]

  3. 1 hour ago · Barbara Leigh-Hunt, 88, English actress (Frenzy, Henry VIII and His Six Wives, Bequest to the Nation). [189] Curtis McCormack, 72, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1983–1996, 2013–2022), cancer. [190] Steve Oelrich, 78, American politician and law enforcement officer, member of the Florida Senate (2006 ...

  4. 1 hour ago · t. e. Limerence is a state of mind resulting from romantic feelings for another person. It typically involves intrusive and melancholic thoughts, or tragic concerns for the object of one's affection, along with a desire for the reciprocation of one's feelings and to form a relationship with the object of love. Psychologist Dorothy Tennov coined ...