This seafaring author had a lot to "wail" about: his somber 1852 novel "Pierre" is semi-autobiographical
Meanwhile Zeus weighs the lots in his golden scales, and 
the Trojan hero's ...... His autobiographical volume has also ap- peared in an 
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The ..... [15] scientific product has even used astrology to "ballyhoo" his wares.