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Mardi, and a Voyage Thither is the third book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1849. Beginning as a travelogue in the vein of the author's two previous efforts, the adventure...
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...
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...
An exhilarating whaling yarn, an apocalyptic theodicy, a tragic confessional, and a profound allegory, Moby Dick encompasses all that it means to be human—from the physical and metaphysical to the spiritual...
"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,...
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...
No ano de 1799, o capitão americano Amasa Delano está com seu navio caça-focas ancorado na Ilha de Santa Maria, na costa sul do Chile. Certa manhã, aponta no horizonte tomado pela neblina um navio que...
Il romanzo è la narrazione della lunga e implacabile caccia alla leggendaria balena bianca Moby Dick da parte del mitico capitano Ahab. Narrazione che avviene in prima persona da parte del marinaio che...
Moby Dick o La balena (Moby-Dick; or, The Whale) è un romanzo del 1851 scritto da Herman Melville. È considerato un capolavoro della letteratura americana della cosiddetta American Renaissance. La storia...
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by Herman Melville, first published in 1851. This novel was inspired by true life events. It is considered to be one of the Great American Novels and a treasure...
Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet from the American Renaissance period.”Moby Dick”: Ishmael is a young boy who decides to leave...
Romanzo che narra come il giovane Billy Budd venga costretto ad arruolarsi come marinaio nella marina inglese, seguiranno una serie di vicende che lo porteranno ad essere accusato ingiustamente e processato...
Moby-Dick is one of the great epics in all of literature. Captain Ahab's hunt for the white whale drives the narrative at a relentless pace, while Ishmael's meditations on whales and whaling, on the sublime...
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...
Ismael, el único superviviente del ballenero Pequod, nos explica la obsesión del capitán Acab para capturar la gran ballena blanca, Moby Dick. El capitán, un hombre de casi sesenta años, lleva más de...
Do mesmo autor do clássico Moby Dick, o conto Bartleby, o escrevente é um dos precursores da literatura do absurdo – que rendeu obras inquietantes como A metamorfose, de Franz Kafka, ou O estrangeiro,...
Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery...
When I removed into the country, it was to occupy an old-fashioned farm-house, which had no piazza—a deficiency the more regretted, because not only did I like piazzas, as somehow combining the coziness...
Il capolavoro di Herman Melville, una delle più grandi opere nella storia della letteratura… Oltre un secolo e mezzo dopo la sua pubblicazione, Moby Dick è ancora un indiscusso classico della letteratura...
Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and...
Embark on a thrilling high-sea adventure with Captain Ahab and his relentless pursuit of the legendary white whale, Moby Dick. Set sail on the whaling ship, the Pequod, as the crew grapples with the dangers...
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,...
When the narrator decides to build a piazza at his new country home, his neighbours are amused when he decides to construct it on the north-facing side of his property. But the narrator is content, and...
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...
Viaggio della baleniera Pequod comandata dal capitano Achab all’inseguimento diuna balena bianca.
Idealizada por Fernando Sabino, a coleção Novelas Imortais reúne narrativas breves de autores de grandes clássicos universais, como Miguel de Cervantes, Herman Melville, R. L. Stevenson, Gustave Flaubert,...
Publicado anonimamente em 1853, "Bartleby, o escriturário: uma história de Wall Street" revela o estilo bem-humorado e por vezes sombrio de Herman Melville. O narrador, um bem-sucedido advogado, contrata...
"It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar wind blows through it, and birds of prey hover over it." So Melville wrote of his masterpiece, one of...
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