Répondant à l'appel du large, le jeune Ismaël embarque sur un navire baleinier commandé par un étrange officier. Le capitaine Achab a eu la jambe arrachée lors d'une précédente saison de chasse. Hanté par le désir de vengeance, il va entraîner tout l'équipage à la poursuite de Moby Dick, le gigantesque et féroce cachalot blanc responsable de son infirmité...
Bartleby le scribe (Bartleby the Scrivener : a story of Wall Street) est une nouvelle célébrissime rédigée par Herman Melville en 1853. Le narrateur, un notaire new-yorkais, embauche un clerc singulier afin de faire de la copie d'actes. Au fil du temps, cet être consciencieux se révèle étrange, en refusant d'abord de faire certains travaux demandés par son patron. Puis il cesse de travailler, et refuse enfin de quitter l'étude, fût-ce la nuit. Il répète à l'envi : « J'aimerais autant pas. » (I would prefer not to).
Préfiguration des thèses des écrivains de l'absurde, symbole de la résistance passive à l'époque de la bureaucratie naissante et des balbutiements du capitalisme d'affaires, cette nouvelle inclassable est un bijou.
Herman Melville (1819-1891), romancier états-unien, auteur de Moby Dick et Billy Budd.
«J'aimerais mieux ne pas» répond invariablement le scribe Bartleby quand on lui confie un travail. Cette phrase, devenue culte, est un cri de résistance puissant. L'obstination de Bartleby à refuser toutes les tâches
qu'on lui demande nous fascine et nous émeut, jusqu'à nous guider vers une forme d'audace et de liberté jamais explorée.
« Rien n'exaspère autant une personne sérieuse que la résistance passive. »
Traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Bernard Hoepffner.
Postface d' Olivier Nora
Pierre doit épouser Lucy. Il découvre qu'il a une demi-soeur que sa mère refuse de reconnaître. Pierre s'enfuit alors avec elle, à New York, où Lucy s'avise de les rejoindre pour vivre avec eux. Bientôt, leur vie à trois devient l'objet d'un scandale. Cette vie tourne au cauchemar quand Pierre, devenu assassin, entraîne ses compagnes dans la mort. Un roman somptueux, publié en 1852, d'une force et d'une modernité implacables.
«En 1843, je pris la mer comme "simple matelot" à bord d'une frégate des États-Unis qui se trouvait mouillée dans un port de l'océan Pacifique. Après être resté plus d'une année sur cette frégate, je fus libéré du service lorsque le navire revint à son port d'attache. Mes expériences et mes observations sont consignées dans le présent ouvrage.» New York, mars 1850.
Herman Melville avait rédigé ces quelques phrases en guise de préface à la première édition américaine de La vareuse blanche. Il s'agit donc d'un récit vécu, à l'état brut, qui décrit en détail les conditions de servitude inhumaine auxquelles étaient soumis les matelots au XIXe siècle. L'auteur nous fait revivre l'immense voyage qu'il fit, tout au long des côtes du Pacifique et de l'Atlantique, en passant par le redoutable cap Horn. White Jacket, surnom que Melville adopte ici, est le héros de cette épopée en prose. Il ne fait qu'un avec sa «vareuse blanche» fantomatique, vêtement bizarre qu'il a confectionné avec amour afin d'affronter les tempêtes du cap Horn, mais qui lui vaut l'antipathie de ses compagnons superstitieux et manquera même de provoquer sa perte...
Tout le monde - ou presque - connaît l'histoire de Moby Dick par Herman Melville. En revanche, lorsqu'un auteur de génie tel que Bill Sienkiewicz se penche sur une adaptation en BD de ce monument de la littérature.
Attiré par la mer, Ismaël, le narrateur, décide de partir à la chasse à la baleine. Il embarque sur Le Pequod, commandé par le Capitaine Achab, obsédé par un cachalot blanc particulièrement féroce surnommé Moby Dick qui lui a arraché la jambe. À travers le voyage « sans retour » de son personnage principal, Melville aborde des thèmes universels, le concept de classe et de statut social.
Cette collection a été spécialement conçue pour des jeunes lecteurs de 7 ans, scolarisés en classe de CE1. Elle reprend des grands textes de la littérature pour enfants et adolescents tout en les rendant accessibles à leur niveau de compréhension. Les textes sont adaptés pour être lisibles et compréhensibles par des lecteurs de CE1. De belles illustrations les accompagnent. En fin d'ouvrage, un lexique et des questions de compréhension permettent de vérifier que l'enfant a bien saisi ce qu'il a lu.
Lecture en français langue étrangère (FLE) au format ebook dans la collection Lecture CLE en français facile destinée aux grands adolescents et adultes niveau B2.
Moby DickIsmaël, jeune pécheur, décide de partir chasser la baleine. Il embarque alors pour un long périple sur le Pequod, le navire du capitaine Achab. Bientôt Ismaël se rend compte du véritable but du capitaine : se venger de Moby Dick, la baleine qui lui a arraché une jambe autrefois. C'est le début d'une longue aventure...
Herman Melville, sans doute le plus grand romancier américain du XIXe siècle, ne fut pas seulement l'auteur de Moby Dick, mais aussi d'un bon nombre de nouvelles qui sont des chefs-d'oeuvre du genre. Dans ce moule étroit, Melville a coulé toute la profondeur et la richesse d'invention de ses ouvrages plus amples : les deux récits traduits ici nous le montrent à la fois réaliste, épousant le détail et le sordide de l'Amérique moyenne de son temps, et flamboyant, poussant l'écriture jusqu'aux portes du délire. Derrière les saynètes de Melville se profile sans cesse un encyclopédisme kaléidoscopique, qui convoque de multiples aspects de la tradition pour les plonger dans l'acide corrosif du monde moderne. Mélange explosif des genres qui a toujours pour enjeu une improbable transfiguration du réel quotidien : ces récits oscillent entre la jouissance et la résignation comme entre la faillite et le salut.
Sont ici rassemblées deux suites de pièces, « Marines mineures », tirées de John Marr et autres marins, et « Fruits de voyages d'antan », extraits de Timoléon, etc., que Melville publie plus de trente ans après avoir presque définitivement abandonné la prose à la suite du fiasco de son huitième roman, L'Escroc à la confiance. Ces recueils, bien que parus dans un tirage confidentiel destiné à un cercle restreint de proches, reçurent toute l'attention de l'auteur, qui les composa et les révisa avec soin. Derniers textes publiés du vivant de Melville, ils nous parviennent comme le testament d'un romancier qui fut aussi poète. Confronté à l'oubli de ses contemporains, Melville développe dans ces poèmes une méditation obsessionnelle, tantôt amère, tantôt ironique, sur la création artistique et son devenir, sur la mémoire et sa transmission, sur la renommée et la postérité de l'artiste. Renonçant à l'élan en avant de la prose, l'écriture opte pour le véhicule du vers qui fait retour sur le passé et tente de prendre le temps à rebours. Mais si l'oeuvre se souvient de la vie, vie de marin d'abord, dans John Marr, puis du temps des pérégrinations dans le monde méditerranéen de Timoléon, elle s'efforce en même temps de se déprendre du seul mode élégiaque pour s'abandonner à une rêverie immémoriale. Peu connus en France, et même outre-Atlantique, ces ultimes textes brillent d'une singulière fulgurance qui jette un éclat rétrospectif sur le reste de l'oeuvre.
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.
BENITO CERENO (Edition Intégrale - Version Entièrement Illustrée)
* Inclus une courte biographie d'Herman Melville
Descriptif : En 1799, pour faire le plein d'eau, le navire du capitaine Amaso Delano, le Délices du célibataire, mouille dans une petite île au sud du Chili . Arrive sur le même mouillage le San Dominick, un négrier espagnol en piteux état, commandé par le jeune Benito Cereno, pas plus vaillant que son navire, toujours accompagné d'un serviteur noir, Babo. Le capitaine espagnol raconte son odyssée qui devait le mener de Buenos Aires à Lima, avec tempête au cap Horn, scorbut pour les cinquante matelots et les trois cents esclaves noirs...
Extrait : Montant à bord, le visiteur se trouva aussitôt entouré d'une foule vociférante de blancs et de noirs, parmi lesquels les derniers excédaient le nombre des premiers dans une proportion inattendue, bien que ce navire étranger fût consacré à la traite. Cependant, dans un seul langage et d'une seule voix, tous se mirent à débiter un commun récit de souffrances, les négresses, qui ne laissaient pas d'être fort nombreuses, surpassant les autres par leur douloureuse véhémence. Le scorbut, accompagné d'une fièvre, les avait cruellement décimés, emportant particulièrement les Espagnols. Au large du Cap Horn, ils avaient échappé de justesse au naufrage ; puis, pendant de longs jours, ils étaient demeurés immobiles, sans vent. Il ne leur restait que très peu de provisions ; presque plus d'eau ; leurs lèvres, en ce moment même, étaient desséchées.
Herman Melville publica por primera vez este relato en 1853, en el que narra la historia de un abogado de nombre desconocido que tiene su oficina en Wall Street, Nueva York. La grandeza de "Bartleby el escribiente" radica en que Melville prefigura al ser humano contemporáneo, atenazado por unas fuerzas , sociales y económicas, que le arrebatan su condición de animal libre y natural, privándole de la libertad que supone poder elegir.
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.
This carefully crafted ebook: "Moby-Dick (Unabridged) + D. H. Lawrence's critique of Moby-Dick" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville: first published in 1851, considered to be one of the Great American Novels and a treasure of world literature, one of the great epics in all of literature. The story tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab has one purpose on this voyage: to seek out Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg, which now drives Ahab to take revenge...
D. H. Lawrence's critique of Moby-Dick: Lawrence's opinions earned him many enemies and he endured official persecution, censorship, and misrepresentation of his creative work throughout the second half of his life, much of which he spent in a voluntary exile which he called his "savage pilgrimage." Lawrence is now valued by many as a visionary thinker and significant representative of modernism in English literature. In his Studies in Classic American Literature, D. H. Lawrence reads Moby Dick as a peculiarly American work. The Pequod, containing "many races, many peoples, many nations, under the Stars and Stripes," is the ship of America's soul; it can be no accident that the ship is governed by a mad captain embarked upon a fanatic's hunt. Moby Dick is the "deepest blood-being of the white race," hunted by the "maniacal fanaticism of our white mental consciousness."
This carefully crafted ebook: "Best of Melville" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
Table of contents:
Moby-Dick
D. H. Lawrence's critique of Moby-Dick
Typee
The Piazza Tales (The Piazza; Bartleby; Benito Cereno; The Lightning-Rod Man; The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles; The Bell-Tower)
The Confidence-Man
Herman Melville (1819 - 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His first two books gained much attention, though they were not bestsellers, and his popularity declined precipitously only a few years later. His longest novel, Moby-Dick was rediscovered in the 20th century as one of the chief literary masterpieces of both American and world literature.
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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.
Ismael sente il bisogno di movimentare la sua vita. Lasciata Manhattan e raggiunto il porto di Nantucket, Massachusetts, decide di imbarcarsi sul Pequod, una baleniera. Li farà la conoscenza dell'equipaggio ma non del capitano, un tale Achab, che è presente sulla nave ma preferisce rimanere rinchiuso nella sua cabina e lasciare che siano gli altri tre ufficiali a comandare il Pequod. Il giorno che però si presenterà sul ponte della nave, con la sua gamba mozzata e una mascella di capodoglio come protesi, renderà chiara la vera missione della barca: la caccia alla balena bianca più pericolosa degli oceani, Moby Dick, la stessa ad avergli portato via la gamba durante la sua ultima missione.
Un classico della letteratura mondiale, Moby Dick è più di un romanzo. Un'opera enciclopedica, dove ossessione, fede e filosofia si fondono con azione e adrenalina, una storia che porta con sé la potenza del mare aperto, che delinea miraggi di destinazioni esotiche e porti lontani, sperduti oltre le cartine e le rotte convenzionali.
Herman Melville (1819-1891) è stato uno scrittore e poeta americano. Considerato dopo la sua morte uno dei padri fondatori della letteratura nordamericana, in vita non ebbe lo stesso successo. Tra i molti lavori svolti, quello di mozzo sulle navi mercantili e sulle baleniere del Pacifico e dell'Atlantico ha poi avuto grandissima risonanza nei suoi scritti. Tra le sue opere principali ricordiamo Moby Dick o La Balena, Bartleby lo Scrivano, Typee, Omoo e Giacchetta Bianca.
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.
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.
"Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story from 1852 by Herman Melville.
Bartleby is hired to work as a scrivener alongside two other clerks, Nippers and Turkey, for an unnamed, elderly lawyer in New York. At first, he produces high-quality work but suddenly his work ethic takes a turn, and Bartleby reply to every task he is given becomes "I would prefer not to."
The story was in part inspired by Emerson's essay "The Transcendentalist" and has been adapted to film twice: once in 1970, starring Paul Scofield, and again in 2001, starring Crispin Glover.
Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American writer, best known for his whaling novel, `Moby-Dick; or, The Whale' (1851), which was poorly received at the time but is considered a classic today.
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.
