Scritto probabilmente nel 1891, anno di morte dell'autore, ma pubblicato solo nel 1924, è l'affascinante storia di un marinaio e della nave su cui aveva navigato,...
Pubblicato inizialmente come opera anonima, in due parti, nel 1853 sulla rivista 'Putnam's Magazine', questo celebre racconto di Melville fu ispirato all'autore...
Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet from the American Renaissance period. Most of his writings were...
Benito Cereno is a novella by Herman Melville. It was first serialized in Putnam's Monthly in 1855 and later included a slightly revised version in his collection The Piazza...
Moby-Dick, one of the Great American Novels and a treasure of world literature, follows the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and Captain Ahab who seeks out Moby Dick, a...
"Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" (1853) is a short story by the American writer Herman Melville. At the start of his story the lawyer already employs...
An exhilarating whaling yarn, an apocalyptic theodicy, a tragic confessional, and a profound allegory, Moby Dick encompasses all that it means to be human—from the physical...
"Moby Dick" or "The Whale" (1851) is a novel by Herman Melville considered an outstanding work of Romanticism and the American Renaissance. Ishmael...
Il capitano Achab che con la sua baleniera e il suo equipaggio va a caccia dell'enorme balena bianca è entrato nell'immaginario collettivo ed è una vera e...
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling...