Unpublished in Melville's time, this is a short novella about jealousy, revenge and brutal maritime justice.We are a provider of high-quality, low cost public domain titles. We aim to be the publisher with the largest selection of public domain titles available in the world. Our editions provide the reader with editions that reflect, as much as possible, the original intention of the author. We do not bog our titles down with pointless introductions and academic dawdling. We let the work of the authors we publish speak for itself. We pride ourselves that all of our editions are edited to a high standard-with readability being our number one goal.