Moby-Dick - formato ePub

Bartebly vive en su oficina, silencioso, aislado y sin pasado...Herman Melville (1819-1891) es uno de los más importantes escritores de la literatura estadounidense. En esta obra, pequeña en extensión...

Un "terrible episodio de nuestros anales marítimos" lo llamó Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna. Ocurrió en diciembre de 1804 en el mar de la isla Santa María, frente a Lebu, y fue la base del argumento de Benito...

Novela que relata el conflicto entre el capitán Ahab, jefe del ballenero Pequod, y la gigante ballena blanca Moby Dick –que en realidad es un cachalote–, l acual ya le ha quitado una de sus piernas hasta...

El encarnizado enfrentamiento entre el capitán Ahab y Moby Dick se ha convertido con el paso de los años en un lugar común de la literatura universal. La obra magna de Herman Melville narra el modo en...

Este libro puede ser peligroso. Tras el correr de sus páginas, del entrecruzado de sus signos, usted no será la misma persona. Hay lecturas, que como surcos en la tierra, marcan; adentrarse en el mundo...

Ismael, un joven con experiencia en la marina mercante, decide que su siguiente viaje será en un ballenero. De igual forma se convence de que su travesía debe comenzar en Nantucket, Massachussets, isla...

El vendedor de pararrayos es un cuento poco conocido de Herman Melville, autor reconocido por su biblico Moby Dick. El cuento se ambienta en medio de una tormenta cuando llama a la puerta de una casa...

"Bartleby, el escribiente" ("Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street") es un cuento del escritor estadounidense Herman Melville. Ha sido considerado una de sus mejores obras.

El narrador, Ismael, es un joven estadounidense con experiencia en la marina mercante, decide que su siguiente viaje será en un ballenero. De igual forma se convence de que su travesía debe comenzar en...

En 1843, después de tres años en los mares del sur, Melville se enroló en la fragata United States y volvió a América. Un año de travesía sometido a la dura disciplina naval le proporcionó el material...

1797. La amenaza revolucionaria y las tropas del Directorio francés tienen consternada a Europa. En el Mediterráneo, el buque mercante Derechos del Hombre -nombre simbólico donde los haya- es abordado...

Bicentenario Herman Melville (1819-2019)«Hay quien ha sugerido que Melville se propuso la escritura de un texto deliberadamente inexplicable que fuera un símbolo cabal de este mundo, también inexplicable.»...

"Llamadme Ismael. Hace algunos años, no importa exactamente cuántos, con poco dinero en el bolsillo y nada que me interesara en tierra, pensé en hacerme a la mar y ver la parte acuática del mundo. Es...

Bicentenario del nacimento de Herman Melville La novela Benito Cereno es una de las novelas más conocidas de Herman Melville. Publicada en 1855, está basada en la historia real del español Benito Cerreño,...

"Llamádme Ismael. Hace unos años -no importa cuánto hace exactamente-, teniendo poco o ningún dinero en el bolsillo, y nada en particular que me interesara en tierra, pensé que me iría a navegar un poco...

Una historia de Wall Street. Ese es el importante subtítulo de esta pequeña pero gran obra de Herman Melville. Leerla es un desborde de emociones contrapuestas que te dejará pensando o todo y nada a la...

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Can two people heal together to find love with each other?When Josh Livingston is left at the altar, all that remains is his surgical career in New York City. After a near-fatal mishap occurs, he is forced...

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Amaryllis gave up her profession as a musician when her country's ordinances forbade music.When she stumbles upon someone from her past, she finds herself pulled toward music once again. Is the solace...

Dylan's life began humbly in a small town in the Netherlands in 1984. The youngest of three brothers, he was an exceptionally bright child with a high IQ and highly sensitive personality. While his intelligence...

Tiff hates her job, where her boss tears her down every chance he gets. Her mother always has something to say about how she lives her life. Running is her escape from her constant anxiety, until four...

An inexperienced alpha, a terrified omega mate, and a continued unknown threat. Will Gordon be able to protect his mate when he doesn't know when the next attack will happen?Two attacks in his hometown...

Scarred. Broken. Alone. Until an angel shows up and proves I'd only been waiting… for her.Elena -- I lost my parents as a kid, but a reverend and his wife took me in. They were good to me, even if there...

From Kindle #1 bestselling author of Wall of Silence comes a gripping psychological thriller where dark family secrets and chilling winter mysteries lie just beneath the surface.Some promises can kill.Then:...

Picture the classic story of Job, reimagined as a Princess Bride fractured fairy tale, co-written by C.S. Lewis and Monty Python, and you'll have a picture of the warm, witty and wonderfully romantic...

Death. That was the omen that the crows and ravens brought to Inkeri, a half-Fae wielder of the elemental power of Water.Deep in the desert Idros Ahdreide, men had lost their lives in battle against a...

Sometimes nightmares become dreams... In Natchez, Mississippi, Olivia Richard finds herself caught up in the middle of the war. A war she wants nothing to do with. That is until a brief, but indelible...

A kingdom divided, torn by hate and conflict. Two brothers, bound by blood and loyalty, clash in a deadly battle to claim the heart of one woman. An unlikely match for either of them, Cassidy is a girl...

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When scientist Luke Ashburton arrives to open the Earl of Bexley's new museum, the last thing he expects to find is the building on fire.Luke is tasked with overseeing its salvage, but needs the late...

Passion's the pot when Rowan Kerr draws the Wildcard.Though she lives in a world of Beyonce and iPhones, Indra Fox thinks she may be an alien. She's too strong, too fast, and heals too quickly to be merely...

Hope Walker's world is turned upside down when a medical report reveals her dream of motherhood is slipping away. With her biological clock ticking loudly, she's willing to settle for a loveless marriage...

When a man Violet Campbell never thought to see again arrives in Silver Falls claiming she agreed to marry him, she denies it immediately. When the persistent man won't take no for an answer and has no...

The men of Kiss of Leather celebrate a beginning, but will the price be another ending?The grand opening of Kiss of Leather draws near, and the pressure is on to make sure everything is completed for...

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The four of us were inseparable. Until we weren't. Until that day that changed everything. The race that took him away from us, from me. The day that tore us apart. Now, six years later, the two that...

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