Herman Melville
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The sailor Ishmael gets employed at the whaling ship The Pequod, which is steered by the eccentric captain Ahab. The captain is obsessed with the giant white whale Moby Dick and his mad hunt on the dangerous animal brings all the crew's lives in danger.
Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American author whose books were based on his own experiences as a sailor. Today Herman Melville is world famous for his novel "Moby Dick" but in his time the novel was ill received and quickly forgotten. Not until many years after Herman Melville's death did "Moby Dick" get rediscovered and today it is considered one of the greatest classics in American literature. -
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 Melville's best-selling novel in his life-time.
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Herman Melville's 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 Putnam's 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.
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Un libro único, épico, grandioso, que forma parte del imaginario colectivo.
Moby Dick es un libro inolvidable que forma parte del imaginario colectivo de varias generaciones de adolescentes y adultos de todo el mundo. Un libro único, épico, grandioso, una lectura sublime de la cual podemos extraer mil y una reflexiones, así como varias capas de interpretación, ya que nos encontramos ante una obra que no es una mera historia de aventuras -aunque lo es-, sino más bien una epopeya en prosa que despliega toda una filosofía de vida a través de una de las plumas más excelsas de la literatura universal, la de Herman Melville, posiblemente el mejor escritor estadounidense del siglo XIX, junto a Edgar Allan Poe y Mark Twain. Un relato extraordinario en el que disfrutaremos de las andanzas que narra Ismael, uno de los tripulantes del ballenero Pequod, en pos de Moby Dick, un gigantesco cachalote blanco que en su día, tiempo atrás, amputó, en un terrible enfrentamiento, la pierna del capitán Ahab, un veterano de los mares, obsesivo, fanático y vengativo, que lleva más de cuarenta años embarcado sin apenas pisar tierra, con una simple idea en la cabeza: aniquilar a Moby Dick.
(Re)descubren una epopeya en prosa que despliega toda una filosofía de vida a través de una de las plumas más excelsas de la literatura universal !
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No obstante, considerándolo fríamente, ¿no parecía una idea loca que en el vasto océano una ballena solitaria fuese susceptible de ser reconocida por su cazador como si fuese un muftí de barba blanca por las atestadas calles de Constantinopla? Pues sí porque la peculiar frente y joroba blancas de Moby Dick eran inconfundibles. «¿Y no he marcado a la ballena -murmuraba Ahab cuando soñaba despierto tras escudriñar sus cartas hasta después de medianoche-, no la he marcado? ¿Se me va a escapar? ¡Sus aletas están perforadas como la oreja de una oveja extraviada!» Y su demencia se lanzaba a una carrera hasta que le fatiga y de tanto cavilar lo agotaba y trataba de recobrar sus fuerzas al aire libre, en cubierta. ¡Ay, Dios! ¡Qué tormento soporta el hombre que se consume con un único deseo de venganza no satisfecho! Duerme con las manos apretadas para despertar con sus propias uñas ensangrentadas en las palmas.
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Herman Melville`s 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 Putnam`s 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.
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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 Melville`s best-selling novel in his life-time.
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B. J. Harrison Reads Bartleby, the Scrivener
Herman Melville
- Saga egmont
- 10 Février 2021
- 9788726574418
The narrator of this story is a successful lawyer on Wall Street. He hires a scrivener named Bartleby to help him with all the papers and relieve the load of work. Bartleby quickly gains the lawyer's trust by completing his tasks on time. However, the newcomer becomes mentally unstable. He suddenly refuses to perform his duties and stares at a blank wall instead. The lawyer decides to give Bartleby a break, then tries to fire him, but the uncontrollable employee refuses to leave.
Who exactly is Bartleby? Why does he refuse to perform the tasks he has been hired to do? What is his problem? How is the lawyer going to deal with the scrivener? Will Bartleby ever leave?
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Find all the answers in Herman Melville's novel "Bartleby, the Scrivener" from 1853.
B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere.
Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American author whose books were based on his own experiences as a sailor. Today Herman Melville is world famous for his novel "Moby Dick" but in his lifetime, this novel was ill received and quickly forgotten. Not until many years after Herman Melville's death did "Moby Dick" get rediscovered become what is today considered one of the greatest classics in American literature. Melville, along with authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman, was part of the American Renaissance - a literary movement that aimed to provide literature for the American democracy. -
Ahab is the captain of a whaling ship named the Pequod. His great obsession with the giant whale, Moby Dick, makes him embark on a dangerous voyage. Some years before, the captain lost his leg because of the whale and now Ahab's main desire is to take his revenge on the whale by killing it. He is so obsessed, that Ahab is ready to sacrifice everything he has, including the Pequod and all the members of his crew, and even his own life.
How exactly did the captain lose his leg? Is it worth it to risk everything just to have his revenge? Will Ahab survive the expedition and will he get his revenge on Moby Dick?
Find all the answers in Herman Melville's exciting novel "Moby Dick" from 1851.
B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere.
Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American author whose books were based on his own experiences as a sailor. Today Herman Melville is world famous for his novel "Moby Dick" but in his lifetime, this novel was ill received and quickly forgotten. Not until many years after Herman Melville's death did "Moby Dick" get rediscovered become what is today considered one of the greatest classics in American literature. Melville, along with authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman, was part of the American Renaissance - a literary movement that aimed to provide literature for the American democracy. -
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Tommo e Toby sono due giovani e avventurosi marinai che abbandonano la nave su cui stanno viaggiando e fuggono nella giungla di un'isola della Polinesia francese. L'ebrezza della fuga sarà però di breve durata perché i due finiranno dritti nelle grinfie dei Typee, una temibile tribù di cannibali.
Herman Melville (1819-1891) fu uno scrittore americano, noto soprattutto per "Moby Dick", il monumentale romanzo sulla caccia alle balene, all'epoca poco apprezzato ma oggi considerato uno dei grandi classici della letteratura mondiale. -
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