Hi! Im interested in books similar to Moby Dick, but with a character thats a loner or recluse living on the sea? If it has themes of isolation or loneliness, even better. Thank you!
Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.
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Nonfiction:
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick.
Fiction:
There are sections of the Aubrey-Maturin novels by O’Brian which are like this, with one or a few characters surviving in dire straits on the sea or an island. There’s lots more in them besides, and probably other stronger connections to Melville than that one element.
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Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.
Nonfiction:
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick.
Fiction:
There are sections of the Aubrey-Maturin novels by O’Brian which are like this, with one or a few characters surviving in dire straits on the sea or an island. There’s lots more in them besides, and probably other stronger connections to Melville than that one element.