Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you think of Herman Melville, you probably think of his Great American Novel, Moby Dick, being assigned reading in high ...

"Moby Dick" is the classic tale of obsession and the lusty allure of the sea. Whether you've read the massive novel, or seen the film starring Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, you probably know the story ...

The Berkshire County Historical Society welcomes back to Arrowhead ghost tour guide Robert Oakes, author of Ghosts of the ...

PITTSFIELD — Where does the line that separates utter genius and epic failure lie? Herman Melville spent most of his life straddling that line, existing in the liminal space between genius and failure ...

Writing in The Atlantic last year, presumably while finishing work on “The Passages of H. M.,” a novel based on the life of Herman Melville, Jay Parini declared that the historical novel “has become ...

In 1841, while aboard the whaler Acushnet, Herman Melville met William Chase among another ship’s complement. William lent Melville a book by his father, Owen Chase: “Narrative of the Most ...

Not until the early 20th century was Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick first recognized as a literary masterpiece and touted as a cornerstone of modern American literature. Etching of Joseph O.

In his novel “The Last Station,” Jay Parini adroitly shifted perspectives to tell the story of Leo Tolstoy’s late years. Tolstoy was a celebrity, almost a saint, and so multifaceted that no one point ...