The protagonist of that novel by him has a vision of Enceladus and, with his half-sister Isabel, drinks poison in The Tombs.
This author created a philosopher who argues that human souls cannot be measured by divine standards just like clocks in China should not be set to the time in Greenwich. In a novel by him, a woman admires an old Frenchman's tattoos, and then shocks onlookers by lifting her skirt to show off her own. This author included a dedication to the "Imperial Purple Majesty" of Mount Greylock in a novel that features a pamphlet on "Chronometricals and Horologicals" written by (*) Plotinus Plinlimmon. The protagonist of that novel by him has a vision of Enceladus and, with his half-sister Isabel, drinks poison in The Tombs. In a novel by this author, a man who is crippled by a swollen leg is given Kory-Kory as a servant by king Mehevi. This author gained fame for a novel about Tom and Toby, who leave the ship Dolly to encounter the title people on the island of Nuku Heva in Polynesia. For 10 points, name this American author of Pierre: or, the Ambiguities and Typee.
This author created a philosopher who argues that human souls cannot be measured by divine standards just like clocks in China should not be set to the time in Greenwich.
Herman Melville