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Melville

Melville

15 5.3
An American writer from the 1800s known for the novel Moby-Dick
  • proper noun
  • /ˈmɛlvɪl/
: Herman Melville
  • Herman Melville wrote about his experiences at sea in his famous novel 'Moby-Dick'.
  • Herman Melville
  • Melville's Moby-Dick
  • Melville's Billy Budd

For me, it was Dickens, it was Hardy, it was Melville, it was Hawthorne.

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Examples

  • "In the amazing book, Moby Dick, by the author Herman Melville, the author recounts his story of being at sea.

  • Never forget Herman Melville, writes a ripping yarn about a big white whale which is summarily dismissed, and yet today, it is lugged around in the backpacks of every serious student of literature in the world.

  • More from him later, but one little piece by Melville, because it's about you.

  • "You should have gone to your friend Melville," I said, half as a joke.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • I was like the guy in the Melville story: I would prefer not to.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • "When they moved to New York," came the guide's voice, "Mrs. Elizabeth Melville decorated her room in white."

    Fiction book (2000)
  • For me, it was Dickens, it was Hardy, it was Melville, it was Hawthorne.

  • We publish primarily classic literary fiction in the tradition of William Faulkner and Herman Melville.

  • OK is glancing over Herman Melville's famous book about a whale, Moby Dick.

  • It was like the salty exhale of the great white whale in Melville's classic tome.

Synonyms

Herman Melville
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5 5.2

An American writer who wrote novels and short stories, including Moby-Dick

uses the surname form instead of the full name

Surface Forms

Melville main

Etymology

Melville is a family name that comes from an old French place name made of mal 'bad' and ville 'town'. So today Melville is just the surname of the writer Herman Melville, but thinking of 'bad town' gives a small image that can help you remember the name.