Herman Melville: 398 books

First published in 1851, Moby Dick is considered one of the finest novels ever written. It tells the story of Captain Ahab, and his relentless quest to find and destroy the fearsome sperm whale, known as Moby Dick.

Ismaël, attiré par la mer et le large, décide de partir à la chasse à la baleine. Il embarque sur le Pequod, baleinier d'un capitaine nommé Achab, amputé d'une jambe, qui emmènera Ismaël autour du monde à la poursuite du cachalot blanc...Faut-il présenter ce livre mythique, magnifique aventure,...

The narrator, an elderly Manhattan lawyer with a very comfortable business helping wealthy men deal with mortgages, deeds, and bonds. One day, Bartleby, a relatively new employee is asked to help proofread a document and Bartleby answers with what soon becomes his stock response: I would prefer not to....

"Wellingborough, as you are going to sea, suppose you take this shooting-jacket of mine along; it's just the thing—take it, it will save the expense of another. You see, it's quite warm; fine long skirts, stout horn buttons, and plenty of pockets." Out of the goodness and simplicity...

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"Pequod" adlı bir balina gemisinin son yolculuğunu, balinaların nasıl avlandıklarını, geminin sonunda nasıl battığını anlatan Moby Dick, ilk bakışta denizlerde geçen bir serüven romanı sanılabilir. Ne var ki insan Moby Dick'i okudukça, okuduklarını düşündükçe, kitabın derinliğini,...

"Yapmamayı tercih ederim."On dokuzuncu yüzyıl ortalarında, Wall Street'teki bir hukuk bürosunda çalışan az rastlanır kişilikteki bir kâtibin ağzından çıkan ve onun hayat felsefesini dile getiren bu ünlü cümle, o günden beri tekrarlanıp duruyor.Kâtip Bartleby, kendisine verilen görevleri...

"With fairest flowers, Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele—" When I removed into the country, it was to occupy an old-fashioned farm-house, which had no piazza—a deficiency the more regretted, because not only did I like piazzas, as somehow combining the coziness...

I am a rather elderly man. The nature of my avocations for the last thirty years has brought me into more than ordinary contact with what would seem an interesting and somewhat singular set of men, of whom as yet nothing that I know of has ever been written:—I mean the law–copyists or scriveners....

Narra la historia un abogado de nombre desconocido que tiene su oficina en Wall Street, Nueva York, quien, según sus propias palabras, "en la tranquilidad de un cómodo retiro, trabaja cómodamente con los títulos de propiedad de los hombres ricos, con hipotecas y obligaciones". Tiene...

Unter dem finsteren Kapitän Ahab kreuzt eine gemischte Mannschaft rauer Walfänger auf ihrem unheimlichen Schiff über die vier Weltmeere. Sie jagen den weißen Wal, den die Seeleute Moby Dick nennen. Moby Dick hat dem Kapitän ein Bein vom Körper gerissen, und nun verfolgt dieser den weißen Wal mit...

Die Männer des Walfangschiffes kommen aus aller Herren Länder. Hier muss sich der junge Ismael bewähren und findet in einem der Harpuniere einen Freund. Kapitän Ahab ist besessen von der Jagd auf Moby Dick, den weißen Wal. Das dramatische und spannende Geschehen treibt seinem Höhepunkt entgegen,...

Von den Mythen der Ureinwohner Hawaiis bis zur ersten Beschreibung des Wellenreitens durch den Seefahrer Captain Cook. Von den Briefen des Draufgängers Mark Twain, in denen er seine ersten Surfversuche beschreibt, bis zu der Hymne, die Jack London auf diesen "königlichen Sport" anstimmt....