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- # CHAPTER XLVIII. A LIVING CORPSE
## Overview
This entity is Chapter XLVIII, titled "A LIVING CORPSE," from Herman Melville's novel, [Redburn: His First Voyage](arke:01KG8AJ9CVDS15WWAP46A9M4XP). It spans lines 9655 to 10003 of the source text.
## Context
This chapter is part of the larger work [Redburn: His First Voyage](arke:01KG8AJ9CVDS15WWAP46A9M4XP), which is included in the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The text was extracted from the digital file [redburn.txt](arke:01KG89J1GP71YDJ60P8SRH97MF). It follows [CHAPTER XLVII. HOMEWARD BOUND](arke:01KG8AJSA770PKV5198BNW3617) and precedes [CHAPTER L. HARRY BOLTON AT SEA](arke:01KG8AJT56E0P2PPTSG89EMH92) within the novel's sequence.
## Contents
Chapter XLVIII details a "tragical event" that occurs shortly after the ship's departure from England. It describes the discovery of a newly shipped sailor, Miguel Saveda, who is found to be a corpse exhibiting phosphorescent burning. The chapter explores the crew's reaction, particularly Jackson's cynical belief that the man was dead when brought aboard by a "body-snatching crimp." The narrative then transitions to introduce Carlo, a young Italian emigrant boy with a hand-organ, whose music provides a stark contrast to the preceding horror. The chapter concludes with a detailed, imaginative description of Carlo's organ and the vivid scenes it conjures in the narrator's mind.
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- CHAPTER XLVIII.
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