Herman Melville: 398 books

Ampleforth College; A Sketch-Book by Joseph Pike Bath and Wells; A Sketch-Book by D. S. Andrews Bristol; A Sketch-Book by Dorothy E.G. Woollard Bruges; A Sketch-Book by Joseph Pike Cambridge; A Sketch Book by Walter M. Keesey Canterbury; A Sketch Book by Walter M. Keesey Cardiff; A Sketch-Book by Douglas...

"Call me Ishmael." So begins the famous opening chapter of Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. Young sailor Ishmael is hired as a crew member of a whaler named Pequod, captained by a man named Ahab. In between lengthy chapters on whale biology and descriptions of the crew and the whaling trade, readers are slowly...

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

The Piazza Tales is a collection of short stories, all written by Herman Melville. All of the stories have live linked table of contents for easy navigation. The stories include: ·  THE PIAZZA ·  BARTLEBY ·  BENITO CERENO · ...

Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. . In this series we look at each calendar month through the eyes and minds of our...

A short story by Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick.

Bartleby, The Scrivener A Story of Wall-Street - (FREE Audiobook Included!) -Included TOC for Reader. -Included biography the author. -Free Audiobook link for download. Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street is a short story by the American writer Herman...

It's true. It's all true for Moby-Dick. He's a killer, he's a fury, he's an angel of hell. Why if the white whale could talk he'd talk like Ahab.' Nantucket. 1851. Centre of a whaling industry that transformed blubber into the oils and candles that lit the world. It's there that a schoolmaster...

"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.

Das Werk "Billy Budd" ist der letzte Roman des amerikanischen Schriftstellers Herman Melville (1819–1891). Verfasst zwischen 1886 und 1891, blieb er lange Zeit verschollen und erst 1924 wiederentdeckt und veröffentlicht. Das Manuskript konnte offensichtlich von dem Autor vor seinem Tode...

Moby Dick, c’est la monstrueuse baleine blanche, l’incarnation du Mal, cette figure de l’obsession et du double qui, des profondeurs glacées, accompagne le capitaine Achab habitué en surface aux combats titanesques des océans. Moby Dick est ce chef-d’œuvre total que tout le monde peut...

Au début du XIXe siècle, les Américains étaient devenus les maîtres de la Pêche de la Baleine et surtout du cachalot. Deux petits ports, Nantucket et New Bedford, avaient pris une extension formidable grâce à cette dangereuse industrie. Herman Melville, qui servit plusieurs années sur un...

BENITO CERENO (Edition Intégrale - Version Entièrement Illustrée) * Inclus une courte biographie d'Herman Melville Descriptif : En 1799, pour faire le plein d'eau, le navire du capitaine Amaso Delano, le Délices du célibataire, mouille dans une petite île au sud du Chili . Arrive sur...

The Piazza Tales is the only collection of short stories by Herman Melville including: The Piazza, Bartleby, Benito Cereno, The Lightning-Rod Man, The Encantadas, The Bell-Tower.