Herman Melville - Libros y biografía

Antes de se tornar escritor, Herman Melville, o futuro autor de Moby Dick, trabalhou como marujo em diversos navios, e adquiriu a experiência no mar na qual basearia boa parte de seus livros. Em Jaqueta...

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Ishmael, a sailor, finds his way onto a whaling vessel, one that is captained by Ahab, a stubborn man on a quest to destroy the whale that 'took' his leg in a battle. Despite a highly credible prophesy...

Herman Melville's 'Bartleby the Scrivener — A Story of Wall-Street' is a profound examination of the dehumanizing nature of modern capitalism. Written in the mid-19th century, Melville explores themes...

“…for there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.”--Herman Melville, Moby-Dick“Call me Ishmael” is the iconic opening line of Herman Melville’s classic...

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Considerata tra le più grandi opere della letteratura mondiale, quella di Herman Melville è una spettacolare avventura marina che tra scene di caccia e di cupa follia prende il largo e diventa riflessione...

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Melville's semi-autobiographical story of the life in the South Seas is based on his three-week stay on the Marquesa Islands where he was captivated by "the Savages." Typee was Melville's literary breakthrough...

Timoleon is a rare collection of Melville's best poems and contains more than 40 of his lyrical writings.

Redburn is a semi-autobiographical novel concerning the sufferings of a refined youth among coarse and brutal sailors and the seedier areas of Liverpool. This theme of a youth confronted by realities...

This novel, the last one that Melville wrote, is set on a Mississippi steamer on April Fool's Day. A Young man, the devil in disguise, enters the steamer and during its voyage down the mighty river he...

Mardi is Melville's first pure fiction work (while featuring fictional narrators, his previous novels were heavily autobiographical). It details (much like Typee and Omoo) the travelings of an American...

When Israel Potter leaves his plough to fight in the American Revolution, he's immediately thrown into the Battle of Bunker Hill, where he receives multiple wounds. However, this does not deter him, and...

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by Herman Melville, first published in 1851. It is considered to be one of the Great American Novels and a treasure of world literature. The story tells the adventures...

Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land is an American epic poem by Herman Melville, published in two volumes in 1876. Clarel is the longest poem in American literature, stretching to almost 18,000...

The Piazza Tales is a collection of short stories by Herman Melville. It contains the following stories: The Piazza Bartleby Benito Cereno The Lightning-Rod Man The Encantadas The Bell-Tower

Pierre Glendinning is 19 years old and the heir of an old manor in the state of New York. Although already engaged to Lucy Tartan, he is more than thrilled when he meets his illegitimate half-sister Isabel...

The Piazza Tales is a collection of short stories by Herman Melville. It contains the following stories: The Piazza Bartleby Benito Cereno The Lightning-Rod Man The Encantadas The Bell-Tower

White-Jacket is a novel that perfectly reflects on the American naval life of the 19th century and is widely based on his own experiences when he sailed on the USS United States as a seaman.

Omoo: A Narrative of the South Seas (pronounced OH-moo) is Herman Melville's sequel to Typee, and, as such, was also autobiographical. After leaving Nuku Hiva, the main character ships aboard a whaling...

Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street is a novella by the American novelist Herman Melville (1819–1891). It first appeared anonymously in two parts in the November and December 1853 editions...

Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street is a short story by Herman Melville. The story first appeared, anonymously, in Putnam's Magazine in two parts. The first part appeared in November 1853,...

"Few things, even in literature, can really be said to be unique — but Moby Dick is truly unlike anything written before or since. The novel is nominally about the obsessive hunt by the crazed Captain...

Typee is Herman Melville's first book, recounting his experiences after having jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands in 1842, and becoming a captive of a cannibal island tribe. It was an immediate success...

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Bartleby le scribe (Bartleby the Scrivener : a story of Wall Street) est une nouvelle célébrissime rédigée par Herman Melville en 1853. Le narrateur, un notaire new-yorkais, embauche un clerc singulier...

A short story from the Classic Shorts collection: The Happy Failure by Herman Melville

A short story from the Classic Shorts collection: The Happy Failure by Herman Melville

Edition enrichie (Présentation, chronologie, bibliographie, dossier et notes)Un jeune commis aux écritures se présente un jour à l’étude d’un notaire new-yorkais. S’il commence son nouvel emploi avec...