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Author: Herman Melville Publisher: ISBN: 9781522796374 Category : Languages : en Pages : 48
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I and my chimney, two grey-headed old smokers, reside in the country. We are, I may say, old settlers here; particularly my old chimney, which settles more and more every day.
Author: Herman Melville Publisher: ISBN: 9781522796374 Category : Languages : en Pages : 48
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I and my chimney, two grey-headed old smokers, reside in the country. We are, I may say, old settlers here; particularly my old chimney, which settles more and more every day.
Author: Herman Melville Publisher: ISBN: 9781987556919 Category : Languages : en Pages : 42
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I and my chimney, two grey-headed old smokers, reside in the country. We are, I may say, old settlers here; particularly my old chimney, which settles more and more every day. Though I always say, I AND MY CHIMNEY, as Cardinal Wolsey used to say, "I AND MY KING," yet this egotistic way of speaking, wherein I take precedence of my chimney, is hereby borne out by the facts; in everything, except the above phrase, my chimney taking precedence of me. Within thirty feet of the turf-sided road, my chimney-a huge, corpulent old Harry VIII of a chimney-rises full in front of me and all my possessions. Standing well up a hillside, my chimney, like Lord Rosse's monster telescope, swung vertical to hit the meridian moon, is the first object to greet the approaching traveler's eye, nor is it the last which the sun salutes. My chimney, too, is before me in receiving the first-fruits of the seasons. The snow is on its head ere on my hat; and every spring, as in a hollow beech tree, the first swallows build their nests in it.
Author: Herman Melville Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781530922352 Category : Languages : en Pages : 62
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The classic Herman Melville story which begins,"I and my chimney, two grey-headed old smokers, reside in the country. We are, I may say, old settlers here; particularly my old chimney, which settles more and more every day."
Author: Herman Melville Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781725110656 Category : Languages : en Pages : 28
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I and My Chimney: "I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge by Herman Melville Herman Melville was born in New York City on August 1st, 1819, the third of eight children. At the age of 7 Melville contracted scarlet fever which was to permanently diminish his eyesight. At this time Melville was described as being "very backwards in speech and somewhat slow in comprehension." His father died when he was 12 leaving the family in very straitened times. Just 14 Melville took a job in a bank paying $150 a year that he obtained via his uncle, Peter Gansevoort, who was one of the directors of the New York State Bank. After a failed stint as a surveyor he signed on to go to sea and travelled across the Atlantic to Liverpool and then on further voyages to the Pacific on adventures which would soon become the architecture of his novels. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Author: Herman Melville Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781512347890 Category : Languages : en Pages : 46
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I and my chimney, two grey-headed old smokers, reside in the country. We are, I may say, old settlers here; particularly my old chimney, which settles more and more every day. Though I always say, I AND MY CHIMNEY, as Cardinal Wolsey used to say, "I AND MY KING," yet this egotistic way of speaking, wherein I take precedence of my chimney, is hereby borne out by the facts; in everything, except the above phrase, my chimney taking precedence of me. Within thirty feet of the turf-sided road, my chimney-a huge, corpulent old Harry VIII of a chimney-rises full in front of me and all my possessions. Standing well up a hillside, my chimney, like Lord Rosse's monster telescope, swung vertical to hit the meridian moon, is the first object to greet the approaching traveler's eye, nor is it the last which the sun salutes. My chimney, too, is before me in receiving the first-fruits of the seasons. The snow is on its head ere on my hat; and every spring, as in a hollow beech tree, the first swallows build their nests in it.
Author: Herman Melville Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781978086159 Category : Languages : en Pages : 36
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An amusing and multi-layered tale, I and My Chimney appears at first glance to simply be a man's lengthy description and admiration of his home's chimney. Although his wife is opposed to keeping the chimney, the narrator is so attached to it that he cannot bear to let it be demolished or remodeled into something different. In fact, the narrator is adamant and stubborn: the chimney must remain undisturbed. Despite its benign topic, I and My Chimney offers readers a superb example of Herman Melville's talents and themes. His lively descriptions make a subject which might otherwise be boring, interesting. He reveals much about his narrator's character, and his great fixation upon exploring aspects of the human condition, through an object that is seemingly mundane. The quirky, out-of-place brick chimney has been variously interpreted as the narrator's own identity; to destroy it would be to destroy the unique part of himself, a fact that others do not seem to comprehend. I and My Chimney is also however a work of humor which lightheartedly explores how people come to be attached to objects, offering and inferring life from things which are inanimate.
Author: Charles Baudelaire Publisher: e-artnow ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 22266
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Author: Herman Melville
Author: Herman Melville
Author: Herman Melville
Author: Herman Melville
Author: Herman Melville
Author: Herman Melville
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Author: Herman Melville
Author: Herman Melville
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