Melville: 568 books

"Melville at his best invariably wrote from a sort of dream self, so that events which he relates as actual fact have indeed a far deeper reference to his own soul, his own inner life." - D.H. Lawrence. Here are ten stories that represent some of the best short work of American master...

Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War Herman Melville, american novelist, poet, and writer of short stories (1819-1891) This ebook presents «Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War», from Herman Melville. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected....

Herman Melville was one of the greatest writers during the American Renaissance.  Melville’s unique style helped produce classics in many different genres.  This edition of The Happy Failure includes a table of contents. 

Bartleby is a short story first serialized anonymously in two parts in the November and December 1853 issues of Putnam's Magazine, and reprinted with minor textual alterations in Herman Melville's The Piazza Tales in 1856. In the story, a Wall Street lawyer hires a new clerk who, after an initial...

Melville fantastically entertaining in a humorous vein. Melville anticipates the destructive solipsism modernity brought with its never-ceasing explorations into the self. To seek treasures from what affords life is to hollow out the soul until one is convinced no soul exists. Guard your chimney.

Pierre; or, The Ambiguities is a novel, the seventh book, by American writer Herman Melville, first published in New York in 1852. The plot, which uses many conventions of Gothic fiction, develops the psychological, sexual, and family tensions between Pierre Glendinning; his widowed mother; Glendinning...

Sarchedon Part I George Whyte-Melville, scottish novelist of the sporting-field and a poet (1821-1878) This ebook presents «Sarchedon Part I», from George Whyte-Melville. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01-...

Sarchedon Part II George Whyte-Melville, scottish novelist of the sporting-field and a poet (1821-1878) This ebook presents «Sarchedon Part II», from George Whyte-Melville. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01-...

Redburn - His First Voyage Herman Melville, american novelist, poet, and writer of short stories (1819-1891) This ebook presents «Redburn - His First Voyage», from Herman Melville. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- REDBURN - HIS FIRST VOYAGE  

When an unnamed narrator opens his door to a lightning-rod salesman, the two become involved in a philosophical discussion about faith and the will of God. The salesman claims that the copper rod will protect its owner from the very lightning that the narrator believes to be an act of God. As they...

Redburn: His First Voyage is the fourth book by the American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1849. The book is semi-autobiographical and recounts the adventures of a refined youth among coarse and brutal sailors and the seedier areas of Liverpool. In Redburn, the protagonist enlists...

Melville's first novel was based on his experiences in French Polynesia. Tommo and Toby, tired of an abusive life on the whaling ship, decide to hide on an island. They soon discover the Typees, who bring them into their village with kindness, despite being cannibals. Contrasting the idyllic life of...

Herman Melville was one of the greatest writers during the American Renaissance.  Melville’s unique style helped produce classics in many different genres.  This edition of The Apple-Tree Table includes a table of contents. 

Billy Budd and Other Stories is a collection of author Herman Melville’s most remarkable short stories. In the titular story, unfinished at the time of the author’s death, Billy Budd’s life takes an unexpected turn when he is pressed into service in the Royal Navy, and runs afoul of the jealous...