Isle of the Cross

Isle of the Cross

"Isle of the Cross" (c. 1853) was an unpublished and subsequently lost novel by Herman Melville. The work was completed after the commercial failures of "Moby-Dick" and "." Concerned about poor reviews of "Pierre," and Melville's continuing viability as a successful novelist, the work was rejected by his publisher, Harper & Brothers.

Some consider that Melville’s later short story titled "Norfolk Isle and the Chola Widow", [ [http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/Melville_En/encant08.html] ] the eighth sketch of "The Encantadas", Melville’s tale of a grief-struck lady named Hunilla is a shorter rewrite of "Isle of the Cross". [ [http://ismaels.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/a-note-on-isle-of-the-cross/ “A Note on “Isle of the Cross”] ]

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