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The world-class writers featured in this collection are adept at conjuring the depth of passion that surrounds all stories of love and loss. The short story form is perfect for capturing the uplift and dizzying heights that accompany a new object of affection, as well as the queasy unease and bottomless longing of lost loves.

Moby-Dick or The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit off Ahab's leg at the knee. A contribution to the literature of the American Renaissance, the work's genre classifications range from late Romantic to early Symbolist. Its reputation as a "Great American Novel" was established only in the 20th century, after the centennial of its author's birth.

In those houses which are strictly double houses that is, where the hall is in the middle the fireplaces usually are on opposite sides; so that while one member of the household is warming himself at a fire built into a recess of the north wall, say another member, the former's own brother, perhaps, may be holding his feet to the blaze before a hearth in the south wall the two thus fairly sitting back to back. Is this well? Be it put to any man who has a proper fraternal feeling. Has it not a sort of sulky appearance?

Gemeinsam mit dem Harpunier Queequeg heuert der Ich-Erzähler, der Matrose Ismael, auf dem Walfänger Pequod an. Dort erklärt Kapitän Ahab der Mannschaft das Ziel der Fahrt: Er will den weißen Wal "Moby Dick", der ihm einst das Bein abriss, jagen und erlegen. Die Mannschaft, aufgeheizt durch den charismatischen und wahnsinnigen Kapitän, schwört sich auf Ahab und dessen Ziel ein.

Kapitän Amaso Delano nimmt im Morgengrauen ein fremdes Schiff wahr - unkontrolliert und ohne Flagge treibt es auf den Hafen zu, in dem er vor Anker liegt. Delano vermutet, dass das Schiff in Seenot geraten ist, und möchte helfen. Doch damit bringt er sich in große Schwierigkeiten, denn aufständische schwarze Sklaven haben dort das Ruder übernommen und der einstige Kapitän Benito Cereno muss um sein Leben bangen. "Benito Cereno" ist eine vielschichtig erzählte Novelle über die Konsequenzen von Rassismus und das Ausmaß menschlicher Grausamkeit, eindringlich gelesen von Rolf Boysen.

Billy Budd, a paragon of simple goodness and virile beauty, is press-ganged into the crew of HMS Indomitable in 1797, soon after the mutiny in the British fleet. Billy is popular with everyone on board except Claggart, the master-at-arms, a depraved and wicked man. His malice towards Billy results in a death, a court-martial and an execution at sea.

"Billy è l'ultimo. E Billy Budd è una parabola. In questo discorso in forma di racconto (che, come è noto, fu redatto tra il 1886-1888 e il 1891, anno della morte dell'autore, e uscì nella prima edizione soltanto nel 1924) infatti Billy dà vita alla figura angelicata di colui che sempre e comunque subisce e subirà il torto, l'ingiustizia, la prepotenza, l'illegalità (per dirla melvillianamente, le mire del maligno su questa terra).

SEA STORIES tells the entire tale. You will find excerpts of some of the most famous nautical stories of all time. Most of us have passed through a period of life during which we have ardently longed to be, if not actually a rover, a buccaneer, or a pirate, at least and really a sailor!

Bartleby, un hombre discreto y apocado, es contratado por un abogado para trabajarcomo copista judicial. Pronto descubrirá que la actitud de Bartleby es extraña y sorprendente. Con serenidad y educación se niega a realizar las tareas que le encomiendan: "Preferiría no hacerlo", esa es su respuesta. Bartleby ha perdido toda motivación y apetencia hacia la vida, no hay nada que desee hacer. Afronta los días impasible, aletargado, en silencio. El abogado, que se debateentre la compasión y la irritación, busca una respuesta al porqué de su comportamiento.

Herman Melville's "Israel Potter" is the fictionalised tale of a man who really did fight in the American Revolution, a man who lived a life of very real adventure. After fighting in the revolution, he went on to be a part of the newly established United States Navy, ended up serving as a secret courier for Benjamin Franklin.

"The Bell-Tower" appeared in 1855 in Putnam's Monthly Magazine no. 32 (August). In the south of Europe, nigh a once frescoed capital, now with dank mould cankering its bloom, central in a plain, stands what, at distance, seems the black mossed stump of some immeasurable pine, fallen, in forgotten days, with Anak and the Titan.

Billy Budd, Sailor is a novel by American writer Herman Melville, first published posthumously in London in 1924. Melville began writing the work in November 1888, but left it unfinished at his death in 1891. It was acclaimed by British critics as a masterpiece when published in London, and quickly took its place among the canon of significant works in the United States.

Filippo Scotti legge Bartleby lo scrivano di Hermann Melville, un audiolibro della collana "Anche i giovani leggono i classici", con cui Audiolibri Salani propone grandi classici della letteratura internazionale interpretati da celebri volti giovani in una chiave moderna e coinvolgente.

Questo breve romanzo narra la storia di Bartleby, un giovane impiegato come scrivano in uno studio legale di New York. Bartleby è un individuo molto particolare e, dopo un periodo di lavoro diligente, inizia a rispondere "preferirei di no" a tutte le richieste che gli vengono rivolte. 

Die Jagd nach dem weißen Wal wird für Kapitän Ahab zu einer Lebensaufgabe und auch zu einem aufregenden Abenteuer auf Leben und Tod. Er ist besessen von einem einzigen Gedanken: Er will Rache üben an seinem Todfeind, Moby Dick, dem riesigen weißen Wal, der ihn zum Krüppel gemacht hat. Mit seinem Walfänger durchsegelt er die sieben Weltmeere.

Als Kapitän Ahab mit seiner Mannschaft in See sticht, beginnt eine abenteuerliche Reise. Die Männer sind auf der Jagd nach Moby Dick, dem weißen Wal. Unermüdlich kämpfen sie sich durch stürmische Meere und überwinden unvorhergesehen Gefahren...

Discover the beauty and mystery of the natural world with The Piazza by Herman Melville! This collection of short stories and essays explores the relationship between humanity and the natural world, offering poignant insights and observations on the beauty and majesty of the natural world. With its lyrical prose and thought-provoking ideas, The Piazza is a must-listen for anyone interested in nature writing or the works of Herman Melville. So why wait? Start listening to The Piazza today and let Melville's words transport you to the beauty and wonder of the natural world.https://...

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Herman Melville August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are "Moby-Dick" (1851); "Typee" (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and "Billy Budd", Sailor, a posthumously published novella. Although his reputation was not high at the time of his death, the 1919 centennial of his birth was the starting point of a Melville revival, and Moby-Dick grew to be considered one of the great American novels.

Auf den Ozeanen herrscht Krieg zwischen dem "Empire" und der "Grande Nation". Bei der Rekrutierung von Schiffspersonal gehen die Soldaten Ihrer Majestät nicht wählerisch vor und verpflichten jeden Mann, den sie in die Finger bekommen können. Als Glücksgriff hierbei erweist sich ein junger Bursche namens Billy Bud, der über Erfahrung auf einem Handelsschiff verfügt und aufgrund seiner physischen Stärke an Bord der "Indomitable" eine Karriere im Mannschaftsgrad beginnt. Seine blendende Erscheinung und seine offene sympathische Art verschaffen ihm die Spitznamen Baby Bud und "Hübscher Matrose".

The Piazza Tales is a collection of six short stories by American writer Herman Melville, published by Dix & Edwards in the United States in May 1856 and in Britain in June. Except for the newly written title story, "The Piazza," all of the stories had appeared in Putnam's Monthly between 1853 and 1855. The collection includes what has long been regarded as three of Melville's most important achievements in the genre of short fiction, "Bartleby, the Scrivener", "Benito Cereno", and "The Encantadas", his sketches of the Galápagos Islands.