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Moby Dick narra la travesía del ballenero Pequod en la obsesiva persecución del capitán Ahab de un gran ballena blanca. Ismael, un joven marino mercante —y narrador de la obra—, decide embarcarse jun

Ebook con un sumario dinámico y detallado: El narrador Ishmael, 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 travesia debe comenzar en Nantucket, Massachussets, isla prestigiosa por su industria ballenera. Antes de alcanzar su destino, o el origen de su aventura, entabla una estrecha amistad con el experimentado arponero polinesio Queequeg, con quien acuerda compartir la empresa.Ambos se enrolan en el ballenero Pequod, con una tripulacion conformada por las mas diversas nacionalidades y razas; precisamente sus arponeros son el canibal Queequeg, el piel roja Tashtego y el "negro salvaje" Daggoo. El Pequod es dirigido por el misterioso y autoritario capitan Ahab, un viejo lobo de mar con una pierna construida con la mandibula de un cachalote. Ahab revelara a su tripulacion que el objetivo primordial del viaje, mas alla de la caza de ballenas en general, es la persecucion tenaz a Moby Dick, enorme Leviatan que lo privo de su pierna y que habia ganado fama de causar estragos a todos y cada uno de los balleneros que, osada o imprudentemente, habian intentado darle caza. Herman Melville (Nueva York, 1 de agosto de 1819 - ib., 28 de septiembre de 1891) fue un escritor estadounidense que ademas de novela y cuento escribio ensayo y poesia.

Ismael, l’únic supervivent del balener Pequod, ens explica l’obsessió del capità Acab per capturar la gran balena blanca, Moby Dick. El capità, un home de gairebé seixanta anys, en porta més de quara

1819 Nace Herman Melville en Nueva York, hijo de un matrimonio acomodado, que se dedicaba a la importación de lencería francesa. Es el tercero de ocho hermanos.

Las encantadas es un libro delicioso compuesto por diez fragmentos descriptivos de las islas Galápagos. Melville encontró en estas islas un escenario ideal donde proyectar o del que extraer temas que le obsesionaban de manera pertinaz.

Herman Melville desciende de reconocidos héroes que libraron la Guerra de la Independencia contra Inglaterra, que es precisamente el asunto de «Israel Potter». Su abuelo materno fue un general que de

Herman Melvilles 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 prose works from his own experiences sailing around the islands, yet at the same time they are clearly a product of his extraordinary imagination. Originally appearing in Putnams Magazine in 1854, the novella was later published alongside five other Melville short stories in the collection The Piazza Tales, which was very well received.

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 straight into the hands of the Typee, the most feared of the battling cannibal tribes. Inspired by his own adventures, twenty-five-year-old Herman Melville wrote Typee (1846) as a blend of creative memoir, cultural commentary, and good story-telling. He would later tell his friend Nathaniel Hawthorne (author of The Scarlet Letter) that "from my twenty-fifth year I date my life". Despite being mostly recognized, today, as the author of the classic novel, Moby Dick, Typee was Melvilles best-selling novel in his life-time.

Join Captain Ahab, an eerily compelling madman, as he pursues an unholy war against a creation as vast, dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. In his monumaniacal quest, Ahab focuses his distilled hatred and suffering - and that of generations before him - against one single creation, and pursues it relentlessly.

EDIZIONE REVISIONATA 08/05/2020. Attraverso gli occhi di Ismaele, narratore onnisciente e personaggio principale del romanzo (nonostante di lui non si sappia quasi nulla, se non che si e imbarcato sulla baleniera Pequod come marinaio), viene raccontata limpresa del capitano Achab. A caccia di balene e capodogli, il coraggioso capitano ha in realta un solo obiettivo: trovare Moby Dick, lastuta e malvagia balena bianca, temuta da tutti i cacciatori per la sua ferocia, che anni prima lha mutilato con un colpo di coda, infliggendogli dolorose ferite. Terrore dei mari, la balena bianca e vista come il simbolo del male e della forza brutale della Natura, ma anche del destino e del dramma della vita umana. Nei suoi confronti il capitano Achab ha sviluppato un odio profondo: assetato di vendetta, la insegue per i mari di tutto il mondo fino a ritrovarla nelloceano Pacifico, dove ha luogo una lotta che dura per tre lunghi giorni...Pubblicato nel 1851, per le numerose riflessioni e digressioni scientifiche, filosofiche, religiose e artistiche il romanzo Moby Dick e ritenuto il precursore del modernismo e uno dei massimi capolavori della letteratura americana.

«Bartleby es un libro triste y verdadero que nos muestra esa inutilidad esencial, que es una de las cotidianas ironías del universo.»Jorge Luis Borges«Bartleby es un escribiente de Wall Street, que s

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 and evils for which he is unprepared-or incorrectly prepared by both family and American institutions-is a prominent one in Melvilles works. (from wikipedia.com)

This novel, the last one that Melville wrote, is set on a Mississippi steamer on April Fools Day. A Young man, the devil in disguise, enters the steamer and during its voyage down the mighty river he starts confronting the passengers with their deepest fears and prejudices.

When Israel Potter leaves his plough to fight in the American Revolution, hes immediately thrown into the Battle of Bunker Hill, where he receives multiple wounds. However, this does not deter him, and after hearing a rousing speech by General George Washington, he volunteers for further duty, this time at sea, where more ill fortune awaits him. Israel is captured by the British Navy and taken to England. Yet, he makes his escape, and this triggers a series of extraordinary events and meetings with remarkable people. Along the way, Israel encounters King George III, who takes a liking to the Yankee rebel and shelters him in Kew Gardens; Benjamin Franklin, who presses Israel into service as a spy; John Paul Jones, who invites Israel to join his crew aboard The Ranger; and Ethan Allen, whom Israel attempts to free from a British prison. (from wikipedia.com)

The Piazza Tales is a collection of short stories by Herman Melville. It contains the following stories:The PiazzaBartlebyBenito CerenoThe Lightning-Rod ManThe EncantadasThe Bell-Tower

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 of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab has one purpose on this voyage: to seek out Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahabs boat and bit off his leg, which now drives Ahab to take revenge.

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