Melville - 電子書籍 33

In confidence, Mrs. Lascelles, of course. I think you can depend upon me. And Sir Henry, as directed by a weather-beaten guide-post, turned into a narrow lane on his homeward way, while the lady wit……続きを見る

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. When Billy is forcibly transferred t……続きを見る

Considered to be the least characteristic of Melville's stories, somewhat resembling the work of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe, The Bell-Tower is a dark literary work that explores, though……続きを見る

Written in seclusion following the intense negative public reaction to the publication of his novel Pierre, The Piazza Tales is Melville's accessible and entertaining collection of short stories con……続きを見る

Most men have a sunny spot to which they look back in their existence, as most have an impossible future, to attain which all their energies are exerted, and their resources employed. The difference……続きを見る

It is time to explain how the young black mare became linked with the fate of certain persons, whose fortunes and doings, good or bad, are related in this story. To that end the scene must be shifte……続きを見る

Two novels about horses and fox hunting in England. 続きを見る

"Wellingborough, as you are going to sea, suppose you take this shooting–jacket of mine along; it's just the thingーtake it, it will save the expense of another. You see, it's quite warm; fine long ……続きを見る

Capac at the lake Titicaca, a man in cream–colors, at the water–side in the city of St. Louis. His cheek was fair, his chin downy, his hair flaxen, his hat a white fur one, with a long fleecy nap. H……続きを見る

"With fairest flowers, Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fideleー" When I removed into the country, it was to occupy an old–fashioned farm–house, which had no piazzaーa deficiency the more regre……続きを見る

* Book : Redburn * Biography * Bibliography Wellington Redburn is a fifteen-year-old from the state of New York, with only one dream - to run away to sea. However, when he does fulfil this long-held……続きを見る

Six months at sea! Yes, reader, as I live, six months out of sight of land; cruising after the sperm whale beneath the scorching sun of the Line, and tossed on the billows of the wide–rolling Pacifi……続きを見る

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of al……続きを見る

"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 two scriveners to copy legal do……続きを見る

Based on Melville's actual experiences after having jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands, this work was extremely popular, and provoked disbelief among its readers until the events it described were……続きを見る

When the train crept out of Euston into the wet night the Marchesa Soderrelli sat for a considerable time quite motionless in the corner of her compartment. The lights, straggling northward out of L……続きを見る

L'arte del raccontare l'uomo e l'umanità (ed. aggiornata 2023) Bartleby è il nome di un grigio, "invisibile" impiegato di Wall Street che, senza fornire spiegazione alcuna, man mano rinuncia al suo ……続きを見る

Melville's controversial 1855 novella Benito Cereno follows sea captain Amasa Delano and his crew on the Bachelor's Delight as it is approached by another, rather battered-looking ship, the San Domi……続きを見る

White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War is the fifth book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1850. The book is based on the author's fourteen months service in the ……続きを見る

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 propria icona della narrativa moderna. 'Mob……続きを見る

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by American writer Herman Melville, published first in London, then New York, in 1846. Considered a classic in travel and adventure literature, the……続きを見る

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 published between 1846 an……続きを見る

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, 'l'Indomitable'. Ambientato all'epo……続きを見る

The young Billy is forced to enlist as a sailor in the British navy, a series of events will lead him to be wrongfully accused and tried for conspiracy. 続きを見る

In quest'opera Melville si spinge di nuovo in alto mare, per raccontare una giornata indimenticabile del 1799 sulla nave spagnola San Dominique, in Cile. Sulla nave riesce a salire il capitano Delan……続きを見る

Indice dei Racconti Le mogli dei morti di Nathaniel Hawthorne La sepoltura di Roger Malvin di Nathaniel Hawthorne Il duplice delitto della Rue Morgue di Edgar Allan Poe Bartleby di Herman Melville S……続きを見る

El vendedor de pararrayos es un cuento poco conocido de Herman Melville, autor reconocido por su biblico Moby Dick. El cuento se ambienta en medio de una tormenta cuando llama a la puerta de una cas……続きを見る

At sunrise on a first of April, there appeared, suddenly as Manco Capac at the lake Titicaca, a man in cream-colors, at the water-side in the city of St. Louis. His cheek was fair, his chin downy, h……続きを見る

"Typee. A peep at Polynesian life" è il romanzo d'esordio di Herman Melville, con il quale si impose all'attenzione del pubblico e della critica. Fu da subito un caso letterario, e fino alla seconda……続きを見る

"Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story by the American writer Herman Melville (1819–1891). It first appeared anonymously in two parts in the November and December 1853 ed……続きを見る