In a novel by this author, Daggoo is a 6'5" man who works for Flask and Father Mapple gives a hellfire sermon.
In one story by this author, the title character is a salesman who fails to convince the narrator that the center of a room is the safest place during a storm. In a novel by this author, Daggoo is a 6'5" man who works for Flask and Father Mapple gives a hellfire sermon. In another story by this author, the title character used to work in a "dead letter office" and now works with Nippers and Ginger Nut. This author included "The Lightning-Rod Man" and "Bartleby, the Scrivener" in his collection The Piazza Tales, and his most famous work takes place mainly upon the Pequod. For 10 points, name this author who wrote about Captain Ahab hunting a giant whale in Moby-Dick.
In one story by this author, the title character is a salesman who fails to convince the narrator that the center of a room is the safest place during a storm.
Herman Melville