Melville: 568 books

Herman Melville Born in New York City, the son of New England merchant. He worked at odd jobs (clerk, garmhand, teacher) before sailing to the South Seas on the whaler Acushnet. He deserted his ship, lived among cannibals, mutinied on an Australian boat, then spent two years on an American...

Idealizada por Fernando Sabino, a coleção Novelas Imortais reúne narrativas breves de autores de grandes clássicos universais, como Miguel de Cervantes, Herman Melville, R. L. Stevenson, Gustave Flaubert, Henry James, E. T. A. Hoffmann, entre outros. São pequenas obras-primas selecionadas e...

ere in evidence. It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet's art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard. In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of _John Marr_ in their entirety...

For a hundred years the Princess Melody has been a captive of Alura, the Witch of Howling Rock. She has lived in a bewitched painting, only called forth to service her mistress and kept as a pampered and beautiful plaything. On midsummer's eve Alura, who long ago tricked the gods themselves, offers...

Melville abandonó el barco Acushnet en las Islas Marquesas en julio de 1842. Por tres semanas vivió entre los naturales de Typee, que considerados caníbales por los dos otros grupos tribales de la isla, aunque trataron a Melville muy bien. Su libro Typee describe un breve asunto del amor con una muchacha nativa hermosa, Fayaway

Indice dei Racconti Le mogli dei morti di Nathaniel Hawthorne La sepoltura di Roger Malvin di Nathaniel Hawthorne Il duplice delitto della Rue Morgue di Edgar Allan Poe Bartleby di Herman Melville Storia della ghiandaia che scopri un buco di Mark Twain Il...

Herman Melville Born in New York City, the son of New England merchant. He worked at odd jobs (clerk, garmhand, teacher) before sailing to the South Seas on the whaler Acushnet. He deserted his ship, lived among cannibals, mutinied on an Australian boat, then spent two years on an American...

Herman Melville 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. By the time of his death he had been almost completely forgotten, but his...

Io e il mio camino è un breve racconto scritto da Herman Melville e comparso per la prima volta sul Putnam’s Monthly nel 1856. In quegli anni, preso dalla scrittura di Moby Dick, Melville si trasferisce in una fattoria a Pittsfield e ci racconta in questo scritto, con grande ironia, alcuni momenti...

An American author. Post's best-known character is the mystery-solving, justice dispensing Virginian backwoodsman, Uncle Abner. Post also created two other recurring characters, Sir Henry Marquis and Randolph Mason. He also wrote two non-crime novels. Table of ContentsDwellers in the Hills The...

Herman Melville Born in New York City, the son of New England merchant. He worked at odd jobs (clerk, garmhand, teacher) before sailing to the South Seas on the whaler Acushnet. He deserted his ship, lived among cannibals, mutinied on an Australian boat, then spent two years on an American...

El vendedor de pararrayos es un cuento poco conocido de Herman Melville, autor reconocido por su biblico Moby Dick. El cuento se ambienta en medio de una tormenta cuando llama a la puerta de una casa un vendedor de pararrayos.

Das Werk "Bartleby der Schreiber" ist der deutsche Titel der amerikanischen Erzählung "Bartleby the Scrivener" von Herman Melville. Es ist das erste Werk, das Melville nach Moby Dick schrieb, und wurde zunächst 1853 in "Putnam's Monthly Magazine" veröffentlicht und...

This edition brings the book completely up to date with the provisions of Finance (No.2) Act 2017 and Finance Act 2018, including: • Making Tax Digital (MTD) developments • Scottish rates of income tax • Reduction in the dividend allowance • Gift Aid donor benefit...