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- # CHAPTER LIII. THE HORATII AND CURIATII
## Overview - What this is (type, form, dates, scope)
"CHAPTER LIII. THE HORATII AND CURIATII" is a chapter from the novel [Redburn: His First Voyage](arke:01KG8AJ9CVDS15WWAP46A9M4XP) by Herman Melville. This chapter, extracted from the file [redburn.txt](arke:01KG89J1GP71YDJ60P8SRH97MF), is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The chapter spans lines 10582 to 10706 of the source text. It was extracted on January 30, 2026, and edited by the structure-extraction-lambda.
## Context - Background and provenance from related entities
This chapter is situated within Melville's novel *Redburn*, which was extracted from a text file. The chapter follows "CHAPTER LII. THE EMIGRANTS’ KITCHEN" and precedes "CHAPTER LIV. SOME SUPERIOR OLD NAIL-ROD AND _PIG-TAIL_". The novel and its chapters were extracted as part of a larger project to compile Melville's complete works.
## Contents - What it contains, key subjects and details
The chapter opens with a comparison to Livy's style, then recounts an incident involving twin brothers and their mothers among the steerage passengers. The narrative describes two families of twins, the O'Briens and the O'Regans, and their interactions with the crew of the ship. The O'Briens are described as timid, while the O'Regans are mischievous. The chapter details a conflict where a sailor, Max the Dutchman, throws a Bible overboard, leading to a fight initiated by the O'Regan twins. The chapter concludes with the twins being celebrated by the cabin passengers. The chapter is divided into two chunks of text.
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