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Bartleby, el escribiente, de Herman Melville, considerada una obra maestra de la narracción corta, constituye una pieza anticipatoria de la literatura existencialista y del absurdo. A través del protagonista, un amanuense que se enfrenta a las demandas de la realidad con una inquietante respuesta, el estoicismo, la ironia, el humor y el sordo desasosiego alegorico presente en la obra de Melville se aunan para expresar la obstinacion del ser humano en su afan de obtener respuesta a las grandes preguntas o, al menos, seguir buscandolas.

Moby-Dick is at once a thrilling adventure tale, a timeless allegory, and an epic saga of heroic determination and conflict. At its heart is the powerful, unknowable sea - and Captain Ahab, a brooding, one-legged fanatic who has sworn vengeance on the mammoth which whale that crippled him. narrated by Ishmael, a wayfarer who joins the crew of Ahab's whaling ship, here is the story of that hair-raising voyage, and of the men who embraced hardship and nameless horrors as they dared to challenge God's most dreaded creation and death itself for a chance at immortality.

Estamos ante una de las obras más interesantes y menos conocidas de Herman Melville. Publicada en 1850, recoge las experiencias autobiográficas que Melville tuvo como «Chaqueta Blanca» cuando se inic

Defends the position of Melville as one of the most important poets of the 19th century, analyzing three of Melville's longest poems--each representative of a different era in Melville's career. The poems studied are "Bridegroom Dick," "The Scout Toward Aldie," and "The Marquis de Grandvin."

En 1799, el capitán norteamericano Amasa Delano ancló en la bahía de una isla desierta del litoral chileno. A la mañana siguiente apareció en el lugar un misterioso navío, el Santo Domingo. Las maniobras de este hicieron sopechar al norteamericano que se trataba de un barco en apuros, con lo que ordeno que se preparara un bote y acudio a la misteriosa nave para prestar su ayuda. El espectaculo que encontro fue sorprendente. El Santo Domingo se encontraba en una situacion de dejadez y desgobierno alarmantes. Alli conocio al debil y enfermizo capitan Don Benito, quien le explico los horrores de su travesia entre desfallecimientos y manteniendose en pie gracias a la ayuda del solicito Babo. Aquel era un barco de esclavos al que la tempestad y una epidemia habian diezmado. Ahora los marineros blancos convivian entre los negros en una situacion adversa por la falta de provisiones y de oficiales. El capitan Delano ofrecio toda su ayuda y permanecio en el Santo Domingo durante todo el dia mientras su bote iba a por agua y alimentos. Aquellas horas estuvieron llenas de sobresaltos, equivocos y recelos, especialmente por el extraño comportamiento de Don Benito.

Esta colección, Súper Club Juvenil, imprescindible en toda buena biblioteca, adentra a los jóvenes lectores en el mundo de la literatura universal. En ella se recogen, en volúmenes muy bien presentados, las aventuras mas famosas leidas desde hace generaciones por su amenidad e interes

El objetivo de esta colección es facilitar a los lectores más jóvenes (a partir de los diez años de edad) el acceso a los clásicos de aventuras. En este sentido destacan la sencillez del lenguaje empleado, la estructuracion en capitulos cortos, una presentacion de los personajes, un resumen argumental en forma de comic al principio del libro y al final de cada capitulo. Historias de Siempre son cuidadas adaptaciones de la obra original, respetando, eso si, el estilo de cada autor. Encuadernacion: Rustica.

" Une fois dans la bibliothèque, il me fallut environ deux secondes pour mettre la main sur le Bartleby de Melville. Bartleby ! Herman Melville, Bartleby, parfaitement. Qui la lir

Materias: Ficción Editorial: Universidad de León

Complete and unabridged, Moby Dick is Herman Melville's classic tale of nature versus man.Journey to the heart of the sea with this larger-than-life classic. Regarded as the Great American Novel, Moby Dick is the ultimate tale of seeking vengeance. Narrated by the crew member Ishmael, this epic whaling adventure follows the crew of the Pequod, as its captain, Ahab, descends deeper and deeper into madness on his quest to find and kill the white whale that maimed him. Beyond the surface-of ship life, whaling, and the hunt for the elusive Moby Dick-are allegorical references to life, and even the universe, in this masterpiece by Herman Melville.Complete and unabridged, this newly designed edition features an introduction by American literature scholar Christopher McBride and a timeline of the life and times of Herman Melville.Essential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover, the Chartwell Classics series includes beautifully presented works and collections from some of the most important authors in literary history. Chartwell Classics are the editions of choice for the most discerning literature buffs.Other titles in the Chartwell Classics Series include: Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft; Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales; Complete Novels of Jane Austen; Complete Sherlock Holme; Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allen Poe; Complete Works of William Shakespeare; Divine Comedy; Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales;The Essential Tales of H.P. Lovecraft; The Federalist Papers; The Inferno; The Call of the Wild and White Fang; The Odyssey; Pride and Prejudice; The Essential Grimm's Fairy Tales; Emma; The Great Gatsby; The Secret Garden; Anne of Green Gables; The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe; The Phantom of the Opera; The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital; Republic; Frankenstein; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; The Picture of Dorian Gray; Meditations; Wuthering Heights; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass; A Tales of Two Cities; Beowulf; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Little Women

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Now the classic novel by Herman Melville is an illustrated storybook perfect for kids! Kid Classics: Moby Dick is full of adventure and excitement!Herman Melville was a sailor before he was a famous author, and he pulled from his seafaring experience when he wrote Moby Dick; Or, the Whale in 1851. Now, here is the fun new just-for-kids version of Herman Melville's classic Moby Dick, abridged and retold while remaining true to Melville's original text. It's a story that you can't put down: The sailor Ishmael tells the tale of whaling ship Captain Ahab's obsessive quest to get revenge on Moby Dick, the legendary giant white sperm whale who bit off his leg! With page after page of captivating illustrations, this magical hardcover will be the fought over favorite in your home and schoolroom!

Call me Ishmael. Some years ago-never mind how long precisely-having little or no money inmy purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and seethe watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating thecirculation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzlyNovember in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, andbringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upperhand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping intothe street, and methodically knocking people's hats off-then, I account it high time to get to sea assoon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throwshimself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this. If they butknew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelingstowards the ocean with me.There now is your insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as Indian isles by coralreefs-commerce surrounds it with her surf. Right and left, the streets take you waterward. Itsextreme downtown is the battery, where that noble mole is washed by waves, and cooled by breezes, which a few hours previous were out of sight of land. Look at the crowds of water-gazers there.Circumambulate the city of a dreamy Sabbath afternoon. Go from Corlears Hook to CoentiesSlip, and from thence, by Whitehall, northward. What do you see?-Posted like silent sentinels allaround the town, stand thousands upon thousands of mortal men fixed in ocean reveries. Someleaning against the spiles; some seated upon the pier-heads; some looking over the bulwarks of shipsfrom China; some high aloft in the rigging, as if striving to get a still better seaward peep. But theseare all landsmen; of week days pent up in lath and plaster-tied to counters, nailed to benches, clinched to desks. How then is this? Are the green fields gone? What do they here?But look! here come more crowds, pacing straight for the water, and seemingly bound for a dive.Strange! Nothing will content them but the extremest limit of the land; loitering under the shady leeof yonder warehouses will not suffice. No. They must get just as nigh the water as they possibly canwithout falling in. And there they stand-miles of them-leagues. Inlanders all, they come fromlanes and alleys, streets and avenues-north, east, south, and west. Yet here they all unite. Tell me, does the magnetic virtue of the needles of the compasses of all those ships attract them thither?Once more. Say you are in the country; in some high land of lakes. Take almost any path youplease, and ten to one it carries you down in a dale, and leaves you there by a pool in the stream.There is magic in it. Let the most absent-minded of men be plunged in his deepest reveries-standthat man on his legs, set his feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be inall that region. Should you ever be athirst in the great American desert, try this experiment, if yourcaravan happen to be supplied with a metaphysical professor. Yes, as every one knows, meditationand water are wedded for ev

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Herman Melvilleren lan ezaguna itzuli du Juan Garziak, urte luzeetako lanaren ondoren. Literaturaren klasiko handienetako bat, nobelarik enblematikoenetakoa. Hala ere, hitzaurrean itzultzaileak esaten duen bezala, lehenik eta sakonenik, poeta zen Melville. Poeta, ez alferrik eredu zuen harako beste erraldoi hura bezala Shakespeare; poeta, alegia, hitzaren jatorrizko zentzutik hasita: sortzaile. Sortzaile hitzezko bikain (eledun irudimentsu) eta, biak ala biak, hitz-sortzaile itzel (irudimendun eletsu).

Fragments Fl¢neur segueix el rastre escrit que autors atemporals han deixat en la seva obra. Cada llibre de la col·lecció recull els fragments i passatges més destacats de l'obra d'autors com Ma