Moby Dick est le nom d'un cachalot que le capitaine Achab traque depuis toujours sur son baleinier le Péquod. Tous les marins présents dans le bateau de chasse ont une histoire, que nous raconte le héros, Ismaël. La traversée en mer devient une épopée pour tous ces hommes, en quête d'aventures !
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.
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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Melville's pen ranges far and wide in this collection of his short stories and novellas, with subjects including a faraway mountain lodge, a magnificent rooster, a haunted table, and of course the inimitable scrivener Bartleby, whose tale is now viewed as one of the great English short stories. While his earlier novels had been well received, by this point in his career his star had waned, and it was only in the early twentieth century that his work, including these short stories, started to get the recognition it still enjoys today.
This volume collects Melville's short stories verified to be in the U.S. public domain, in the order they were originally published in Harper's New Monthly Magazine and Putnam's Monthly Magazine (along with "The Piazza" which was written for the collection The Piazza Tales). The racism displayed in "Benito Cereno" against the African slaves is somewhat shocking to modern readers given our greater understanding of their story, but was common in the midnineteenth century.
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.
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?
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.
In the enigmatic realm of 19th-century New York City, Herman Melville's "Pierre, or The Ambiguities" unravels a tale of love, betrayal, and the complexities of human nature. Pierre Glendinning, a young man of privilege, embarks on a perilous journey of self-discovery that leads him to question his beliefs, his family, and the very foundations of his existence. As he grapples with the ambiguities of life, Pierre's path intertwines with a cast of unforgettable characters, each harboring their own secrets and desires. Prepare to be captivated by Melville's masterful prose and the timeless themes that resonate within this literary masterpiece.
In the vibrant tapestry of Mardi, Herman Melville weaves a captivating tale of a young man's extraordinary journey through a realm of enigmatic islands. Join Taji, a restless wanderer, as he embarks on a quest for truth and adventure. Along his path, he encounters a kaleidoscope of characters, from the enigmatic King Media to the wise sage Babbalanja. Through their encounters, Taji grapples with profound questions of identity, morality, and the nature of existence. Prepare to be swept away by Melville's lyrical prose and the allure of Mardi, a world where the boundaries of reality blur and the search for meaning becomes an epic adventure.
