Herman Melville - Libros y biografía

Herman Melville's 'Mardi' is a captivating work of literary fiction that delves into themes of adventure, exploration, and the search for meaning. Set in the South Pacific, the novel follows the protagonist,...

In 'The Man & The Sea - 10 Maritime Novels in One Edition' by Herman Melville, readers are taken on a literary journey through the vast and unpredictable world of the sea. Combining 10 of Melville's...

In Herman Melville's novel 'Typee,' readers are transported to the exotic world of the Marquesas Islands where the protagonist, Tommo, finds himself held captive by a tribal group. The book's vivid descriptions...

Bartleby´s work has to do with the handwritten copying of law documents. Bartleby is very good at it, but one day, unexpectedly, he obstinately refuses to go on doing the sort of writing demanded and...

It was a clear steel-blue day. The firmaments of air and sea were hardly separable in that all-pervading azure; only, the pensive air was transparently pure and soft, with a woman's look, and the robust...

Nachdem Herman Melville 1841 auf einem Walfänger angeheuert hatte, flüchtete er im Jahr darauf während eines Aufenthalts auf den Marquesas Inseln aus seiner Koje. Einige Wochen unter Kannibalen, eine...

"Wellingborough, as you are going to sea, suppose you take this shooting-jacket of mine along; it's just the thing-take it, it will save the expense of another. You see, it's quite warm; fine long skirts,...

Moby Dick in half the timeMoby Dick is the tale of one man's fatal obsession and his willingness to sacrifice his life and that of his crew to achieve his goal. The story follows the fortunes of Captain...

Moby-Dick is an 1851 novel by Herman Melville. The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaling ship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns...

Based on Melville's actual experiences after having jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands, this work was extremely popular, and provoked disbelief among its readers until the events it described were corroborated...

Un caldo mattino d’estate, Bartleby si presenta sulla soglia di un ufficio legale di Wall Street, a New York, in risposta a un annuncio di lavoro. Dopo averne accertato le qualifiche e apprezzato la pacatezza...

Sont ici rassemblées deux suites de pièces, « Marines mineures », tirées de John Marr et autres marins, et « Fruits de voyages d’antan », extraits de Timoléon, etc., que Melville publie plus de trente...

Omoo, da tempo introvabile e tradotto qui integralmente, è il secondo romanzo di Melville. Racconta di una baleniera sconquassata comandata da un capitano inetto, di una ciurma di personaggi squinternati,...

Tout le monde - ou presque - connaît l'histoire de Moby Dick par Herman Melville. En revanche, lorsqu'un auteur de génie tel que Bill Sienkiewicz se penche sur une adaptation en BD de ce monument de la...

Viaggio della baleniera Pequod comandata dal capitano Achab all’inseguimento diuna balena bianca.

THERE are some strange summer mornings in the country, when he who is but a sojourner from the city shall early walk forth into the fields, and be wonder-smitten with the trance-like aspect of the green...

At sunrise on a first of April, there appeared, suddenly as Manco Capac at the lake Titicaca, a man in cream-colors, at the water-side in the city of St. Louis. His cheek was fair, his chin downy, his...

"Conceive him now in a man-of-war; with his letters of mart, well armed, victualed, and appointed, and see how he acquits himself." FULLER'S "Good Sea-Captain." In the year 1843 I shipped as "ordinary...

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for revenge on...

I am a rather elderly man. The nature of my avocations for the last thirty years has brought me into more than ordinary contact with what would seem an interesting and somewhat singular set of men, of...

Herman Melville's 'The Tales of the Sea' is a collection of maritime stories that explore the complexities of human nature in the unforgiving setting of the sea. Melville's vivid and detailed descriptions...

Para sair da monotonia, o professor rural Ismael decide descobrir os mistérios das baleias. Quando ele encontra o arpoador Queequeg, eles partem juntos para a ilha de Nantucket em busca de trabalho no...

The sailor Ishmael gets employed at the whaling ship The Pequod, which is steered by the eccentric captain Ahab. The captain is obsessed with the giant white whale Moby Dick and his mad hunt on the dangerous...

The young adventurous sailors, Tommo and Toby, abandon ship and flee into the jungle of an island in French Polynesia. But their feelings of victory will be short-lived. Because they are about to run...

"Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story from 1852 by Herman Melville. Bartleby is hired to work as a scrivener alongside two other clerks, Nippers and Turkey, for an unnamed,...

Herman Melville's picturesque account of the Galapagos Islands will make you want to abandon all responsibilities and travel there to see for yourself. Melville wrote this series of "sketches" – or short...

At sunrise on a first of April, there appeared, suddenly as Manco Capac at the lake Titicaca, a man in cream-colors, at the water-side in the city of St. Louis. His cheek was fair, his chin downy, his...

Mistero e realtà nei mari del Sud Oltre Moby Dick, Melville ci ha lasciato un tesoro e questo Benito Cereno è solo uno di quei gioielli. Letteratura di mare, letteratura di un mistero che non si nasconde...

Herman Melville, geboren als Herman Melvill (* 1. August 1819 in New York City, New York; † 28. September 1891 ebenda) war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller, Dichter und Essayist. Melvilles "Moby-Dick"...

It was a clear steel-blue day. The firmaments of air and sea were hardly separable in that all-pervading azure; only, the pensive air was transparently pure and soft, with a woman's look, and the robust...