Redburn. His First Voyage

by Herman Melville

Being the Sailor Boy
Confessions and Reminiscences
Of the Son-Of-A-Gentleman
In the Merchant Navy

Contents

• Chapter I HOW WELLINGBOROUGH REDBURN’S TASTE FOR THE SEA WAS BORN AND BRED IN HIM
• Chapter II REDBURN’S DEPARTURE FROM HOME
• Chapter III HE ARRIVES IN TOWN
• Chapter IV HOW HE DISPOSED OF HIS FOWLING-PIECE
• Chapter V HE PURCHASES HIS SEA-WARDROBE, AND ON A DISMAL RAINY DAY PICKS UP HIS BOARD AND LODGING ALONG THE WHARVES
• Chapter VI HE IS INITIATED IN THE BUSINESS OF CLEANING OUT THE PIG-PEN, AND SLUSHING DOWN THE TOP-MAST
• Chapter VII HE GETS TO SEA AND FEELS VERY BAD
• Chapter VIII HE IS PUT INTO THE LARBOARD WATCH; GETS SEA-SICK; AND RELATES SOME OTHER OF HIS EXPERIENCES
• Chapter IX THE SAILORS BECOMING A LITTLE SOCIAL, REDBURN CONVERSES WITH THEM
• Chapter X HE IS VERY MUCH FRIGHTENED; THE SAILORS ABUSE HIM; AND HE BECOMES MISERABLE AND FORLORN
• Chapter XI HE HELPS WASH THE DECKS, AND THEN GOES TO BREAKFAST
• Chapter XII HE GIVES SOME ACCOUNT OF ONE OF HIS SHIPMATES CALLED JACKSON
• Chapter XIII HE HAS A FINE DAY AT SEA, BEGINS TO LIKE IT; BUT CHANGES HIS MIND
• Chapter XIV HE CONTEMPLATES MAKING A SOCIAL CALL ON THE CAPTAIN IN HIS CABIN
• Chapter XV THE MELANCHOLY STATE OF HIS WARDROBE
• Chapter XVI AT DEAD OF NIGHT HE IS SENT UP TO LOOSE THE MAIN-SKYSAIL
• Chapter XVII THE COOK AND STEWARD
• Chapter XVIII HE ENDEAVORS TO IMPROVE HIS MIND; AND TELLS OF ONE BLUNT AND HIS DREAM BOOK
• Chapter XIX A NARROW ESCAPE
• Chapter XX IN A FOG HE IS SET TO WORK AS A BELL-TOLLER, AND BEHOLDS A HERD OF OCEAN-ELEPHANTS
• Chapter XXI A WHALEMAN AND A MAN-OF-WAR’S-MAN
• Chapter XXII THE HIGHLANDER PASSES A WRECK
• Chapter XXIII AN UNACCOUNTABLE CABIN-PASSENGER, AND A MYSTERIOUS YOUNG LADY
• Chapter XXIV HE BEGINS TO HOP ABOUT IN THE RIGGING LIKE A SAINT JAGO’s MONKEY
• Chapter XXV QUARTER-DECK FURNITURE
• Chapter XXVI A SAILOR A JACK OF ALL TRADES
• Chapter XXVII HE GETS A PEEP AT IRELAND, AND AT LAST ARRIVES AT LIVERPOOL
• Chapter XXVIII HE GOES TO SUPPER AT THE SIGN OF THE BALTIMORE CLIPPER
• Chapter XXIX REDBURN DEFERENTIALLY DISCOURSES CONCERNING THE PROSPECTS OF SAILORS
• Chapter XXX REDBURN GROWS INTOLERABLY FLAT AND STUPID OVER SOME OUTLANDISH OLD GUIDE-BOOKS
• Chapter XXXI WITH HIS PROSY OLD GUIDE-BOOK, HE TAKES A PROSY STROLL THROUGH THE TOWN
• Chapter XXXII THE DOCKS
• Chapter XXXIII THE SALT-DROGHERS, AND GERMAN EMIGRANT SHIPS
• Chapter XXXIV THE IRRAWADDY
• Chapter XXXV GALLIOTS, COAST-OF-GUINEA-MAN, AND FLOATING CHAPEL
• Chapter XXXVI THE OLD CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, AND THE DEAD-HOUSE
• Chapter XXXVII WHAT REDBURN SAW IN LAUNCELOTT’S-HEY
• Chapter XXXVIII THE DOCK-WALL BEGGARS
• Chapter XXXIX THE BOOBLE-ALLEYS OF THE TOWN
• Chapter XL PLACARDS, BRASS-JEWELERS, TRUCK-HORSES, AND STEAMERS
• Chapter XLI REDBURN ROVES ABOUT HITHER AND THITHER
• Chapter XLII HIS ADVENTURE WITH THE CROSS OLD GENTLEMAN
• Chapter XLIII HE TAKES A DELIGHTFUL RAMBLE INTO THE COUNTRY; AND MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THREE ADORABLE CHARMERS
• Chapter XLIV REDBURN INTRODUCES MASTER HARRY BOLTON TO THE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION OF THE READER
• Chapter XLV HARRY BOLTON KIDNAPS REDBURN, AND CARRIES HIM OFF TO LONDON
• Chapter XLVI A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT IN LONDON
• Chapter XLVII HOMEWARD BOUND
• Chapter XLVIII A LIVING CORPSE
• Chapter XLIX CARLO
• Chapter L HARRY BOLTON AT SEA
• Chapter LI THE EMIGRANTS
• Chapter LII THE EMIGRANTS’ KITCHEN
• Chapter LIII THE HORATII AND CURIATII
• Chapter LIV SOME SUPERIOR OLD NAIL-ROD AND PIG-TAIL
• Chapter LV 5 DRAWING NIGH TO THE LAST SCENE IN JACKSON’S CAREER
• Chapter LVI UNDER THE LEE OF THE LONG-BOAT, REDBURN AND HARRY HOLD CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNION
• Chapter LVII ALMOST A FAMINE
• Chapter LVIII THOUGH THE HIGHLANDER PUTS INTO NO HARBOR AS YET; SHE HERE AND THERE LEAVES MANY OF HER PASSENGERS BEHIND
• Chapter LIX THE LAST END OF JACKSON
• Chapter LX HOME AT LAST
• Chapter LXI REDBURN AND HABBY, ARM IN ARM, IN HARBOR
• Chapter LXII THE LAST THAT WAS EVER HEARD OF HARRY BOLTON