Herman Melville - Libros y biografía

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...

Una delle opere più gustose del grande letterato americano, che si ispira a un evento avvenuto nel 1850: Melville quell'anno si trasferisce in una grande fattoria a Pittsfield, Massachussets. È proprio...

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...

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...

Publicada em 1851, Moby Dick é considerada a obra prima de Melville e narra a busca por vingança do Capitão Ahab pela baleia branca Moby Dick, que amputou sua perna durante uma perseguição. Esse enredo,...

Este fabuloso romance de aventura, a obra-prima de Herman Melville, é também uma impressionante metáfora da condição humana.Um dos maiores feitos literários da língua inglesa, Moby Dick tornou-se um emblema...

"Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" (1853) is a short story by the American writer Herman Melville. At the start of his story the lawyer already employs two scriveners to copy legal documents...

Benito Cereno is a novella by Herman Melville. It was first serialized in Putnam's Monthly in 1855 and later included a slightly revised version in his collection The Piazza Tales (1856). With its intense...

A new selection of Melville's most electrifying stories, in a beautiful Pushkin Collection edition 'Some of the most brilliant stories of his or any other century' Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan Herman...

The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade is the ninth book and final novel by American writer Herman Melville, first published in New York in 1857. The novel's title refers to its central character, an ambiguous...

Herman Melville's 'Benito Cereno & Bartleby' is a collection of two novellas that delve into themes of power, morality, and the complexities of human nature. 'Benito Cereno' tells the story of a mutiny...

This carefully crafted ebook: "Moby-Dick (Unabridged) + D. H. Lawrence's critique of Moby-Dick" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville:...

This carefully crafted ebook: "Best of Melville: Moby-Dick + D. H. Lawrence's critique of Moby-Dick + Typee + The Piazza Tales (The Piazza + Bartleby + Benito Cereno + The Lightning-Rod Man + The Encantadas,...

"Bartleby, the Scrivener" – An elderly Manhattan lawyer with a comfortable business in legal documents has two scriveners employed, but an increase in business leads him to advertise for a third. He hires...

Herman Melville's 'The Piazza Tales' is a collection of short stories that explore the depths of human nature and the complexities of society. With vivid descriptions and intricate character development,...

Herman Melville's 'Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas' is a captivating novel that follows the journey of a young sailor, Tommo, as he embarks on adventures in the exotic South Pacific. Written in Melville's...

Herman Melville's 'Pierre; or The Ambiguities' is a complex and multi-layered novel that explores themes of identity, morality, and the conflict between reality and imagination. Written in Melville's...