Melville: 568 books

Contents The Piazza -- Bartleby -- Benito Cereno -- The Lightning-Rod Man -- The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles -- The Bell-Tower.

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Israel Potter (1855) examines the life of an ordinary patriot, a common man manipulated by powerful forces and utterly forgotten among the lists of American Revolutionary War heroes. His story is filled with the twists...

La amenaza revolucionaria y las ambiciones de Napoleón tienen consternada a Europa. El buque mercante Derechos del Hombre −nombre simbólico donde los haya− es abordado por el navío de guerra Bellipotent de la Armada Británica, con la intención de reclutar hombres a la fuerza. El único elegido...

Volume Three of the dramatic saga of the Lorimer Family Scattered by War, but the Lorimer saga continues... The ball which Lord and Lady Glanville give for the 21st birthday of their nephew Brinsley Lorimer is a glittering social occasion in their country house, Blaize. But the year...

Volume Four of the dramatic saga of the Lorimer Family From the general strike to the Second World War the Lorimer spirit struggles to survive... On the peaceful Thameside estate of Blaize, Alexa Glanville shares the long years of her widowhood with Matthew Lorimer, the man she loves...

Volume Six of the dramatic saga of The Lorimer Family Unknown to each other, the Lorimer cousins share a history... Paula Mattison, unaware of her Lorimer connections, arrives from Jamaica, determined to make her mark in a country where she is now a foreigner. Meanwhile John Lorimer, deceived...

Volume Five of the dramatic saga of the Lorimer Family Survivors of a disappearing generation, the Lorimers struggle to preserve their heritafe... The end of the Second World War finds Kate Lorimer a refugee in occupied Germany. Once back in England she and Alexa must accept that they...

On the last day of April, 1763, John Wilkes, refusing to enter into his recognisances to appear before the Court of Queen's Bench, was committed to the Tower by warrant of my Lords Egremont and Halifax, His Majesty's two principal Secretaries of State. Defiance of constituted authority has never wanted...

Inspirado pelas experiências pessoais do autor e por outros acontecimentos que marcaram o período, 'Moby Dick' tem também como base inspiradora a história do capitão George Pollard e de seu navio baleeiro 'Essex' que, em 1823, foi atingido por uma baleia antes de naufragar. Depois que o 'Essex'...

La narrazione di Ishmael della ricerca ossessiva di Achab, capitano della nave baleniera Pequod, per vendetta su Moby Dick, la balena bianca che nel precedente viaggio della nave aveva morso la gamba di Achab al ginocchio. La base del lavoro è il viaggio di caccia alle balene del Melone nel...

A collection of 16 mystery short stories: The Thing on the Hearth, The Reward, The Lost Lady, The Cambered Foot, The Man in the Green Hat, The Wrong Sign, The Fortune Teller, The Hole in the Mahogany Panel, The End of the Road, The Last Adventure, American Horses, The Spread Rails, The Pumpkin Coach, The Yellow Flower, Satire of the Sea & The House by the Loch.

Um advogado experiente estabelecido em Wall Street, na Nova York de meados do século XIX, contrata o jovem Bartleby para juntar-se a seus dois escreventes, Nippers e Turkey, que se alternam em humores matinais e vespertinos. Se no começo Bartleby realiza bem suas tarefas, a partir de...

Moby Dick Ismael, un joven con experiencia en la marina mercante, decide que su siguiente viaje será en un ballenero. De igual forma se convence de que su travesía debe comenzar en Nantucket, Massachussets, isla prestigiosa por su industria ballenera. Antes de alcanzar su destino, o el origen de...

Le narrateur est un notaire qui engage dans son étude un dénommé Bartleby pour un travail de clerc, chargé de copier des actes. Au fil du temps cet être qui s'est d'abord montré travailleur, consciencieux, lisse, ne parlant à personne, révèle une autre part de sa personnalité :...