Herman Melville

La lettura di Daniele Fior è un flusso di coscienza dirompente, ironico, intimo e burrascoso; un fiume inafferrabile e inarrestabile, a cui il delicato...

Moby Dick dello scrittore americano Herman Melville è oggi considerato uno dei più importanti libri della letteratura mondiale...

Un avvocato, il suo studio, i suoi due impiegati, un giovanissimo fattorino, e infine l'arrivo di un terzo impiegato, pallido, scialbo in...

Questo libro, pubblicato nel 1851 senza alcun successo, e riscoperto nel 1921, quando evidentemente il pubblico, maturato, poteva...

"Omoo" è il secondo romanzo di Melville; è un libro pieno di umorismo, ma anche una favola allegorica sull'incontro e lo scontro...

"Billy è l'ultimo. E Billy Budd è una parabola. In questo discorso in forma di racconto (che, come è noto, fu redatto tra il 1886-1888 e...

L'incredibile avventura del Capitano Ahab e di "Moby Dick", la grande balena bianca, in lingua inglese! Una collana di Classici della letteratura in lingua originale, per giovani desiderosi di imparare una nuova lingua, in forma ridotta per renderli più facili. Pubblicati come audiolibri...

Called the greatest book about the sea ever written by D.H. Lawrence, Moby Dick features detailed descriptions of whale hunting and whale oil extraction as well as beautiful, incisive writing on race, class, religion, art, and society....

Frugando tra gli scaffali ho ritrovato il libro che racconta la storia di uno scrivano...

Filippo Scotti legge "Bartleby lo scrivano" di Hermann Melville, un audiolibro della collana "Anche i giovani leggono i classici"...

This is the epic sea adventure, a harrowing tale of slavery and revolt aboard a Spanish ship, is often regarded as Melville's finest short story....

Moby Dick, by Herman Melville, was first published in 1851. Known for its famous opening line, "Call me Ishmael," and for its epic narrative, complex characters, and rich symbolism, it is considered one of the greatest works of American literature.

Ignoring prophecies of doom, the seafarer Ishmael joins the crew of a whaling expedition that is an obsession for the ship's captain, Ahab. Once maimed by the White Whale, Moby Dick, Ahab has set out on a voyage of revenge....

Herman Melville is now seen as one of the great figures in American literature, a man who expanded the role of the novel and gave new and complex depths to the meaning of a story....

Captain Delano is approached on the open sea by a battered ship led by Captain Benito Cereno. Cereno explains his crew was transporting slaves from Africa when their ship was caught and damaged....

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume One is a continent-hopping, century-spanning collection of 15 essential classic novels by British, American, and Russian authors, read by a cast of incredible narrators including Stephen Fry, Jason Isaacs, Adjoa Andoh, David Rintoul, and many more.

In 1797, young Billy Budd is impressed into naval service. It is a perilous time for a British Royal Navy still reeling from mutinies and marauding French ships....

Based on Melville's experiences after having jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands, his first novel was popular, provoking public skepticism until the events within were corroborated. Typee is considered a work of fiction, as the book is supplemented with imaginative reconstruction....

The outcast youth Ishmael, succumbing to wanderlust during a dreary New England autumn, signs up for passage aboard a whaling ship....

At the heart of Dark Romanticism is its brooding, pessimistic tone, its emphasis on the supernatural and the sins of humanity, and its use of iconic symbols and horrifying imagery.