January 19, 2026 at 7:57 PM
“The height of this sort of deliciousness is to have nothing but the blanket between you and your snugness and the cold of the outer air. Then there you lie like the one warm spark in the heart of an arctic crystal.” Chapter 11, The Nightgown #Melvillemonday
January 19, 2026 at 6:38 PM
“The height of this sort of deliciousness is to have nothing but the blanket between you and your snugness and the cold of the outer air. Then there you lie like the one warm spark in the heart of an arctic crystal.” Chapter 11, The Nightgown #Melvillemonday
#MelvilleMonday
"For not the beggar chattering at the corner pines more after bread than the vain heart after compliment. The rich in their craving glut, as the poor in their craving want, we have with us always."
- Herman Melville, c. 1855
"For not the beggar chattering at the corner pines more after bread than the vain heart after compliment. The rich in their craving glut, as the poor in their craving want, we have with us always."
- Herman Melville, c. 1855
January 19, 2026 at 5:42 PM
#MelvilleMonday
"For not the beggar chattering at the corner pines more after bread than the vain heart after compliment. The rich in their craving glut, as the poor in their craving want, we have with us always."
- Herman Melville, c. 1855
"For not the beggar chattering at the corner pines more after bread than the vain heart after compliment. The rich in their craving glut, as the poor in their craving want, we have with us always."
- Herman Melville, c. 1855
Ahoy, Shipmates & Friends!
Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳
“The days went slowly round and round, endless and uneventful as cycles in space. . . . ye lost and leaden hours, I will rail at ye while life lasts.”
Mardi C1
Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳
“The days went slowly round and round, endless and uneventful as cycles in space. . . . ye lost and leaden hours, I will rail at ye while life lasts.”
Mardi C1
January 19, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Ahoy, Shipmates & Friends!
Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳
“The days went slowly round and round, endless and uneventful as cycles in space. . . . ye lost and leaden hours, I will rail at ye while life lasts.”
Mardi C1
Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳
“The days went slowly round and round, endless and uneventful as cycles in space. . . . ye lost and leaden hours, I will rail at ye while life lasts.”
Mardi C1
Is it not curious, that so vast a being as the whale should see the world through so small an eye, and hear the thunder through an ear which is smaller than a hare’s?
[…] Why then do you try to “enlarge” your mind? Subtilize it.
(Moby-Dick, Ch. 74)
#MelvilleMonday 🐳
[…] Why then do you try to “enlarge” your mind? Subtilize it.
(Moby-Dick, Ch. 74)
#MelvilleMonday 🐳
January 19, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Is it not curious, that so vast a being as the whale should see the world through so small an eye, and hear the thunder through an ear which is smaller than a hare’s?
[…] Why then do you try to “enlarge” your mind? Subtilize it.
(Moby-Dick, Ch. 74)
#MelvilleMonday 🐳
[…] Why then do you try to “enlarge” your mind? Subtilize it.
(Moby-Dick, Ch. 74)
#MelvilleMonday 🐳
It is poor, this land of the Eskimo, which we have taken from him; it has neither timber nor gold to offer us. But in all its naked poverty, how beautiful it is! If Norway is glorious, Greenland is in truth no less so.
Frithjof Nansen: Greenland and the Eskimo.
Happy #MelvilleMonday, dear friends!
Frithjof Nansen: Greenland and the Eskimo.
Happy #MelvilleMonday, dear friends!
January 19, 2026 at 3:09 PM
It is poor, this land of the Eskimo, which we have taken from him; it has neither timber nor gold to offer us. But in all its naked poverty, how beautiful it is! If Norway is glorious, Greenland is in truth no less so.
Frithjof Nansen: Greenland and the Eskimo.
Happy #MelvilleMonday, dear friends!
Frithjof Nansen: Greenland and the Eskimo.
Happy #MelvilleMonday, dear friends!
January 19, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Happy #MelvilleMonday 🐳!
„Nicht nur für Herman Melville, der genau wie Joseph Conrad selbst zur See gefahren ist, war der Ozean sowohl ein realer als auch ein mythischer und metaphysischer Ort. Zu Melvilles Zeit war die Erde noch nicht so überbevölkert wie heute, die Welt war ungleich grösser,
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„Nicht nur für Herman Melville, der genau wie Joseph Conrad selbst zur See gefahren ist, war der Ozean sowohl ein realer als auch ein mythischer und metaphysischer Ort. Zu Melvilles Zeit war die Erde noch nicht so überbevölkert wie heute, die Welt war ungleich grösser,
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January 19, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Happy #MelvilleMonday 🐳!
„Nicht nur für Herman Melville, der genau wie Joseph Conrad selbst zur See gefahren ist, war der Ozean sowohl ein realer als auch ein mythischer und metaphysischer Ort. Zu Melvilles Zeit war die Erde noch nicht so überbevölkert wie heute, die Welt war ungleich grösser,
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„Nicht nur für Herman Melville, der genau wie Joseph Conrad selbst zur See gefahren ist, war der Ozean sowohl ein realer als auch ein mythischer und metaphysischer Ort. Zu Melvilles Zeit war die Erde noch nicht so überbevölkert wie heute, die Welt war ungleich grösser,
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“Even in his catatonic or anorexic state, Bartleby is not the patient, but the doctor of a sick America, the *Medicine-Man*, the new Christ or the brother to us all.”
— Deleuze, “Bartleby; or, The Formula”
#MelvilleMonday 🐳
— Deleuze, “Bartleby; or, The Formula”
#MelvilleMonday 🐳
January 12, 2026 at 11:57 PM
“Even in his catatonic or anorexic state, Bartleby is not the patient, but the doctor of a sick America, the *Medicine-Man*, the new Christ or the brother to us all.”
— Deleuze, “Bartleby; or, The Formula”
#MelvilleMonday 🐳
— Deleuze, “Bartleby; or, The Formula”
#MelvilleMonday 🐳
January 12, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Ahoy, Shipmates & Friends!
Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳
“We are off! The courses and topsails are set: the coral-hung anchor swings from the bow: and together, the three royals are given to the breeze, that follows us out to sea like the baying of a hound.”
Mardi
Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳
“We are off! The courses and topsails are set: the coral-hung anchor swings from the bow: and together, the three royals are given to the breeze, that follows us out to sea like the baying of a hound.”
Mardi
January 12, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Ahoy, Shipmates & Friends!
Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳
“We are off! The courses and topsails are set: the coral-hung anchor swings from the bow: and together, the three royals are given to the breeze, that follows us out to sea like the baying of a hound.”
Mardi
Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳
“We are off! The courses and topsails are set: the coral-hung anchor swings from the bow: and together, the three royals are given to the breeze, that follows us out to sea like the baying of a hound.”
Mardi
#MelvilleMonday
"We may have civilized bodies and yet barbarous souls. We are blind to the real sights of this world; deaf to its voice; and dead to its death."
- Herman Melville, Redburn (1849)
"We may have civilized bodies and yet barbarous souls. We are blind to the real sights of this world; deaf to its voice; and dead to its death."
- Herman Melville, Redburn (1849)
January 12, 2026 at 7:42 PM
#MelvilleMonday
"We may have civilized bodies and yet barbarous souls. We are blind to the real sights of this world; deaf to its voice; and dead to its death."
- Herman Melville, Redburn (1849)
"We may have civilized bodies and yet barbarous souls. We are blind to the real sights of this world; deaf to its voice; and dead to its death."
- Herman Melville, Redburn (1849)
January 12, 2026 at 7:27 PM
#MelvilleMonday
"We may have civilized bodies and yet barbarous souls. We are blind to the real sights of this world; deaf to its voice; and dead to its death."
- Herman Melville, Redburn (1849)
"We may have civilized bodies and yet barbarous souls. We are blind to the real sights of this world; deaf to its voice; and dead to its death."
- Herman Melville, Redburn (1849)
January 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
“In every fight it has the last and bitterest blow. Run tilting at it, and you but run through it.”
#MelvilleMonday
#MelvilleMonday
January 12, 2026 at 2:14 PM
“In every fight it has the last and bitterest blow. Run tilting at it, and you but run through it.”
#MelvilleMonday
#MelvilleMonday
Happy #MelvilleMonday 🐳 !
HERMAN MELVILLE
REDBURN
“… we had a large library-case, that stood in the hall … There was a fine library edition of the Spectator, in six large volumes with gilded backs; and many a time I gazed at the word ‚London’ on the title-page.“
HERMAN MELVILLE
REDBURN
“… we had a large library-case, that stood in the hall … There was a fine library edition of the Spectator, in six large volumes with gilded backs; and many a time I gazed at the word ‚London’ on the title-page.“
January 12, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Happy #MelvilleMonday 🐳 !
HERMAN MELVILLE
REDBURN
“… we had a large library-case, that stood in the hall … There was a fine library edition of the Spectator, in six large volumes with gilded backs; and many a time I gazed at the word ‚London’ on the title-page.“
HERMAN MELVILLE
REDBURN
“… we had a large library-case, that stood in the hall … There was a fine library edition of the Spectator, in six large volumes with gilded backs; and many a time I gazed at the word ‚London’ on the title-page.“
January 12, 2026 at 12:06 AM
#MelvilleMonday
"They seem leagued together, a company of miscreant misanthropes, bent upon doing all the malice to mankind in their power."
- Redburn, Ch. 39 The Booble-Alleys
"They seem leagued together, a company of miscreant misanthropes, bent upon doing all the malice to mankind in their power."
- Redburn, Ch. 39 The Booble-Alleys
January 5, 2026 at 8:20 PM
#MelvilleMonday
"They seem leagued together, a company of miscreant misanthropes, bent upon doing all the malice to mankind in their power."
- Redburn, Ch. 39 The Booble-Alleys
"They seem leagued together, a company of miscreant misanthropes, bent upon doing all the malice to mankind in their power."
- Redburn, Ch. 39 The Booble-Alleys
Happy #MelvilleMonday, dear friends!
Israel Potter. XI
So at midnight, the heart of the metropolis of modern civilization was secretly trod by this jaunty barbarian in broadcloth;
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Israel Potter. XI
So at midnight, the heart of the metropolis of modern civilization was secretly trod by this jaunty barbarian in broadcloth;
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January 5, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Happy #MelvilleMonday, dear friends!
Israel Potter. XI
So at midnight, the heart of the metropolis of modern civilization was secretly trod by this jaunty barbarian in broadcloth;
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Israel Potter. XI
So at midnight, the heart of the metropolis of modern civilization was secretly trod by this jaunty barbarian in broadcloth;
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“And heaved and heaved, still unrestingly heaved the black sea, as if its vast tides were a conscience”
Moby-Dick, 51
#MelvilleMonday
Moby-Dick, 51
#MelvilleMonday
January 5, 2026 at 6:18 PM
“And heaved and heaved, still unrestingly heaved the black sea, as if its vast tides were a conscience”
Moby-Dick, 51
#MelvilleMonday
Moby-Dick, 51
#MelvilleMonday
On this first #MelvilleMonday of 2026...a toast🍻
Some drank 'The Queen'
And some 'The Constitution' –
But the standing toast that pleased the most was
'The wind that blows, The Ship that goes,
And the lass that loves a sailor!'
- Charles Dibdin
Return of the Whalers by Wm. Bradford.
Some drank 'The Queen'
And some 'The Constitution' –
But the standing toast that pleased the most was
'The wind that blows, The Ship that goes,
And the lass that loves a sailor!'
- Charles Dibdin
Return of the Whalers by Wm. Bradford.
![Painting:
"Return of the Whalers" by William Bradford (1823-1892).
[Public Domain]
Charles Dibdin (1745-1814) was the best-known English songwriter of his day - especially of sea songs; popularly said to have recruited more men to the Royal Navy than the press-gang.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c7ex5lsw6ieo65txcbw7of2r/bafkreia5wrc33lryoa6gzzoglflwncph7r5tqdypxrz4atbpq4jikty2bm@jpeg)
January 5, 2026 at 4:44 PM
On this first #MelvilleMonday of 2026...a toast🍻
Some drank 'The Queen'
And some 'The Constitution' –
But the standing toast that pleased the most was
'The wind that blows, The Ship that goes,
And the lass that loves a sailor!'
- Charles Dibdin
Return of the Whalers by Wm. Bradford.
Some drank 'The Queen'
And some 'The Constitution' –
But the standing toast that pleased the most was
'The wind that blows, The Ship that goes,
And the lass that loves a sailor!'
- Charles Dibdin
Return of the Whalers by Wm. Bradford.
“we encounter a gale by the following morning, the wind in a great measure had gone down; the sea with it; and by noon we had repaired our damages as well as we could, and were sailing along as pleasantly as ever.” Chapter xvi, Omoo #MelvilleMonday #naturesky #naturephotography #winter #snowsky ❄️🐋
January 5, 2026 at 3:29 PM
“we encounter a gale by the following morning, the wind in a great measure had gone down; the sea with it; and by noon we had repaired our damages as well as we could, and were sailing along as pleasantly as ever.” Chapter xvi, Omoo #MelvilleMonday #naturesky #naturephotography #winter #snowsky ❄️🐋
“A difficult, linguistically-innovative fever dream of a novel, which has been hailed as America's greatest contribution to world literature.”
#MelvilleMonday
Source: www.burnsiderarebooks.com/pages/books/...
#MelvilleMonday
Source: www.burnsiderarebooks.com/pages/books/...
![“First American edition of Melville's epic novel, in first issue binding and completely unrestored. In original gray cloth with publisher's device stamped in blind. xxiii, 635, [6 ads]. Very Good. Cloth lightly soiled and worn at the extremities, spine toned. Pages heavily foxed as common, owner details to front free endpaper, ink owner name to title page with offsetting to adjacent pages as well. Light, sporadic pencil notations to text, old unobtrusive tidemark to bottom margins…”
Image and excerpt: Burnside Rare Books.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o4eyu7rdcj64qxpcvxbh7msi/bafkreifsyifw2pm4kz3xfpfwtpl5cdx453jn5an6y76mdcte26aqyv6faa@jpeg)
January 5, 2026 at 3:15 PM
“A difficult, linguistically-innovative fever dream of a novel, which has been hailed as America's greatest contribution to world literature.”
#MelvilleMonday
Source: www.burnsiderarebooks.com/pages/books/...
#MelvilleMonday
Source: www.burnsiderarebooks.com/pages/books/...
January 5, 2026 at 2:57 PM