Books by Herman Melville

The sailor Ishmael gets employed at the whaling ship The Pequod, which is steered by the eccentric captain Ahab. The captain is obsessed with the giant white whale Moby Dick and his mad hunt on the dangerous animal brings all the crew’s lives in danger.Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American author whose books were based on his own experiences as a sailor. Today Herman Melville is world famous for his novel "Moby Dick" but in his time the novel was ill received and quickly forgotten. Not until many years after Herman Melville's death did "Moby Dick" get rediscovered and today it is considered one of the greatest classics in American literature.

Sjömannen Ishmael får jobb på valfångstfartyget Pequod, lett av den excentriske och enbente kaptenen Ahab.För länge sedan när Ahab var ute till havs mötte han för första gången den vita jättevalen Moby Dick. I en kamp mot valen förlorade Ahab ett ben och har sedan den dagen drömt om hämnd. Driven av galenskap ger han sig nu ut på jakt efter havsodjuret och får med Ishmael och resten av Pequads besättning på äventyret. Ahabs besatthet sätter inte bara hans eget liv på spel utan även alla andras ombord på fartyget. Kaptenen har förklarat krig mot ett av havets mäktigaste odjur och är beredd att offra allt för att få sin hämnd.När "Moby Dick eller den vita valen" publicerades första gången 1851 blev den dåligt mottagen och snabbt bortglömd. Inte förrän många år efter Herman Melvilles död återupptäcktes romanen och betraktas idag som en av de största klassikerna i amerikansk litteraturhistoria.Herman Melville (1819–1891) var en amerikansk författare vars böcker baserades på hans egna erfarenheter som sjöman. Idag är Melville världskänd för bland annat sin roman om Moby Dick.

"Omoo" è il secondo romanzo di Melville; è un libro pieno di umorismo, ma anche una favola allegorica sull’incontro e lo scontro fra la civiltà e il mondo incantato delle isole polinesiane.Racconta di una baleniera sgangherata comandata da un capitano incapace, di una ciurma di personaggi squinternati, di ammutinamenti, incarcerazioni, incontri, amicizie e battibecchi con isolani e missionari di ogni genere. Sullo sfondo, la vita di bianchi e indigeni nei Mari del Sud.Questo audiolibro è stato realizzato in collaborazione con Edizioni Clichy.Herman Melville (1819 – 1891) è stato uno scrittore, poeta e critico letterario statunitense.I primi romanzi, narrazioni di avventure nei Mari del Sud, conobbero un notevole successo, facendolo diventare uno dei più conosciuti e apprezzati autori di storie marinaresche. La sua popolarità declinò dopo la pubblicazione di "Moby Dick" (1851), nonostante fosse stato accolto con favore dai recensori inglesi. Alla sua morte, Melville era quasi completamente dimenticato. "Moby Dick", da molti ritenuto il suo capolavoro, fu riscoperto solo nel 1921 e oggi è considerato una delle opere fondamentali della letteratura mondiale.

"Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story from 1852 by Herman Melville.Bartleby is hired to work as a scrivener alongside two other clerks, Nippers and Turkey, for an unnamed, elderly lawyer in New York. At first, he produces high-quality work but suddenly his work ethic takes a turn, and Bartleby reply to every task he is given becomes "I would prefer not to."The story was in part inspired by Emerson’s essay "The Transcendentalist" and has been adapted to film twice: once in 1970, starring Paul Scofield, and again in 2001, starring Crispin Glover.Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American writer, best known for his whaling novel, ‘Moby-Dick; or, The Whale’ (1851), which was poorly received at the time but is considered a classic today.Melville, along with authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman, was part of the American Renaissance, a literary movement that aimed to provide literature for the American democracy.

Drei packende Seeabenteuer, dreimal Seemannsgarn erster Güte! Die Geschichten von Wilhelm Hauff, Herman Melville und Robert Louis Stevenson nehmen den Hörer mit an Bord eines Segelschiffes und tragen ihn weit hinaus auf das Meer. Dorthin, wo die Wellen im Sturm tosen, Piraten ihr Unwesen treiben, Gespensterschiffe kreuzen, Schätze auf einsamen Inseln vergraben liegen und gigantische Wale aus den Fluten auftauchen ...Wilhelm Hauff wurde 1802 in Stuttgart geboren. In seinem kurzen Leben schrieb er eine Vielzahl von Märchen, Sagen, Romanen, Erzählungen und Satiren nieder. Berühmt ist er bis heute für seine Märchen, die zwischen 1825 und 1828 in drei 'Mährchen-Almanachen' erschienen. Hauff verstarb 1827 an den Folgen einer Typhus-Infektion.|Herman Melville, geboren als Herman Melvill am 1. August 1819 in New York City, gestorben am 28. September 1891 an seinem Geburtsort, war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller, Dichter und Essayist. Sein Roman 'Moby-Dick' zählt zu den bedeutendsten der Weltliteratur.|Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) war ein schottischer Schriftsteller. Stevenson litt an Tuberkulose und wurde nur 44 Jahre alt. Er hinterließ jedoch ein umfangreiches Werk von Reiseerzählungen, Abenteuerliteratur und historischen Romanen sowie Lyrik und Essays. Bekannt geworden sind vor allem der Abenteuer-Klassiker 'Die Schatzinsel' und die Schauernovelle 'Der seltsame Fall des Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde'. Einige Romane sind heute noch populär und haben als Vorlagen für zahlreiche Verfilmungen gedient.

Herman Melvilles Meisterwerk... Auf Nantucket heuert der junge Seemann Ismael gemeinsam mit dem Harpunier Quiqueg auf dem Walfangschiff "e;Pequod"e; unter Kapitan Ahab an. Zunachst lasst sich der einbeinige Ahab nicht an Deck blicken, doch auf See kommt er aus seiner Kajute und verkundet das wahre Ziel der Fahrt: Ahab will Moby Dick, den weien Wal, der ihm einst das Bein abgerissen hat, jagen und erlegen. Koste es, was es wolle! Er nagelt eine Golddublone an den Hauptmast, die derjenige bekommen soll, der Moby Dick als erster sichtet. Unter der Mannschaft entbrennt ein erbitterter Kampf, bei dem es schon bald um Leben und Tod geht. -

Para sair da monotonia, o professor rural Ismael decide descobrir os mistérios das baleias. Quando ele encontra o arpoador Queequeg, eles partem juntos para a ilha de Nantucket em busca de trabalho no mercado de caça às baleias. Lá, eles embarcam com tripulantes de diversas nacionalidades no baleeiro Pequod para uma viagem de três anos aos mares do sul. Mal sabe ele que o sombrio capitão Ahab está obcecado por encontrar a fera responsável por seus ferimentos e que nenhum arpoador jamais conseguiu abater: a temível Moby Dick.Essa rota cheia de perigos e incertezas foi adaptada ao cinema múltiplas vezes, como no filme homônimo produzido em 2010, estrelando Patrick Stewart, e no filme "No Coração do Mar" (2015) com Chris Hemsworth.Herman Melville (1819-1891) foi um escritor, poeta e ensaísta estadunidense. Após a morte de seu pai, em 1832, teve de ajudar a manter a família (então com oito crianças). Assim, trabalhou como bancário, professor e fazendeiro. Em 1839, embarcou como ajudante no navio mercante St. Lawrence, com destino a Liverpool. Em 1841 esteve a bordo do baleeiro Acushnet que percorreu quase todo o Pacífico e passou um período com a tribo Typee na Polinésia. Suas aventuras marítimas continuaram ainda em outras viagens em baleeiros e arpoadores que inspiraram suas obras literárias.A história de sua obra mais popular, "Moby-Dick", faz parte da cultura popular ocidental e foi fonte de inspiração para adaptações em diversas mídias, destacando-se o clássico filme homônimo de John Huston (1956), estrelando Gregory Peck, e as histórias em quadrinhos "Moby Dick" (2017) de Christophe Chabouté.

Ismael sente il bisogno di movimentare la sua vita. Lasciata Manhattan e raggiunto il porto di Nantucket, Massachusetts, decide di imbarcarsi sul Pequod, una baleniera. Li fara la conoscenza dell'equipaggio ma non del capitano, un tale Achab, che e presente sulla nave ma preferisce rimanere rinchiuso nella sua cabina e lasciare che siano gli altri tre ufficiali a comandare il Pequod. Il giorno che pero si presentera sul ponte della nave, con la sua gamba mozzata e una mascella di capodoglio come protesi, rendera chiara la vera missione della barca: la caccia alla balena bianca piu pericolosa degli oceani, Moby Dick, la stessa ad avergli portato via la gamba durante la sua ultima missione.Un classico della letteratura mondiale, Moby Dick e piu di un romanzo. Un'opera enciclopedica, dove ossessione, fede e filosofia si fondono con azione e adrenalina, una storia che porta con se la potenza del mare aperto, che delinea miraggi di destinazioni esotiche e porti lontani, sperduti oltre le cartine e le rotte convenzionali.-

Den dramatiske fortælling om drengen Ismael og den hvide dræberhval ’Moby Dick’ er en af verdenslitteraturens helt store klassikere. Ismael drømmer om at blive hvalfanger og får arbejde på kaptajn Akabs skib The Pequod. Akab har mistet sit ene ben i kamp med den hvide hval og er nu besat af tanken om hævn. Hans vanvittige jagt på det farlige dyr bliver en kamp på liv og død, der bringer hele besætningen i fare.Herman Melville (1819-1891) var en amerikansk forfatter, hvis bøger bygger på hans egne erfaringer som sømand. I dag er Herman Melville verdensberømt for sin roman "Moby Dick", men i sin samtid blev romanen dårligt modtaget og hurtigt glemt igen. Først mange år efter Herman Melvilles død blev "Moby Dick" genopdaget og regnes i dag i blandt de allerstørste klassikere i den amerikanske litteratur.

Tommo e Toby sono due giovani e avventurosi marinai che abbandonano la nave su cui stanno viaggiando e fuggono nella giungla di un'isola della Polinesia francese. L'ebrezza della fuga sarà però di breve durata perché i due finiranno dritti nelle grinfie dei Typee, una temibile tribù di cannibali.Herman Melville (1819-1891) fu uno scrittore americano, noto soprattutto per "Moby Dick", il monumentale romanzo sulla caccia alle balene, all'epoca poco apprezzato ma oggi considerato uno dei grandi classici della letteratura mondiale.

Ein auf den „Reisetagebüchern" des großen Schriftstellers und Seefahrers basierendes Hörbuch, das ebenso viel über das Leben des „Moby-Dick"-Autors wie über seine Werke aussagt: Herman Melville hat drei große Reisen in seinem Leben unternommen, die ihn nach Europa, in das Heilige Land und in den vorderen Orient geführt haben und auf denen er so manch spannendes Abenteuer erlebt und die Welt kennengelernt hat.Herman Melville (1819-1891) war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Lyriker, der für seinen Roman „Moby Dick" weltweite Berühmtheit erlangte. Als junger Mann heuerte er zunächst als Schiffsjunge an, dann arbeitete er auf verschiedenen Walfängern und erlebte viele abenteuerliche Geschichten auf seinen Reisen auf See. 1846 erschien sein erster Roman „Taipi". Ab den 1860ern konnte er jedoch nicht mehr vom Schreiben leben und arbeitete bis zu seinem Ruhestand als Zollinspektor im New Yorker Hafen.

Ahab is the captain of a whaling ship named the Pequod. His great obsession with the giant whale, Moby Dick, makes him embark on a dangerous voyage. Some years before, the captain lost his leg because of the whale and now Ahab’s main desire is to take his revenge on the whale by killing it. He is so obsessed, that Ahab is ready to sacrifice everything he has, including the Pequod and all the members of his crew, and even his own life.How exactly did the captain lose his leg? Is it worth it to risk everything just to have his revenge? Will Ahab survive the expedition and will he get his revenge on Moby Dick?Find all the answers in Herman Melville’s exciting novel "Moby Dick" from 1851.B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere.Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American author whose books were based on his own experiences as a sailor. Today Herman Melville is world famous for his novel "Moby Dick" but in his lifetime, this novel was ill received and quickly forgotten. Not until many years after Herman Melville's death did "Moby Dick" get rediscovered become what is today considered one of the greatest classics in American literature. Melville, along with authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman, was part of the American Renaissance – a literary movement that aimed to provide literature for the American democracy.

The narrator of this story is a successful lawyer on Wall Street. He hires a scrivener named Bartleby to help him with all the papers and relieve the load of work. Bartleby quickly gains the lawyer’s trust by completing his tasks on time. However, the newcomer becomes mentally unstable. He suddenly refuses to perform his duties and stares at a blank wall instead. The lawyer decides to give Bartleby a break, then tries to fire him, but the uncontrollable employee refuses to leave.Who exactly is Bartleby? Why does he refuse to perform the tasks he has been hired to do? What is his problem? How is the lawyer going to deal with the scrivener? Will Bartleby ever leave?Find all the answers in Herman Melville’s novel "Bartleby, the Scrivener" from 1853.B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere.Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American author whose books were based on his own experiences as a sailor. Today Herman Melville is world famous for his novel "Moby Dick" but in his lifetime, this novel was ill received and quickly forgotten. Not until many years after Herman Melville's death did "Moby Dick" get rediscovered become what is today considered one of the greatest classics in American literature. Melville, along with authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman, was part of the American Renaissance – a literary movement that aimed to provide literature for the American democracy.

- Este audiolibro está narrado en Español neutral."Llamádme Ismael. Hace unos años -no importa cuánto hace exactamente-, teniendo poco o ningún dinero en el bolsillo, y nada en particular que me interesara en tierra, pensé que me iría a navegar un poco por ahí, para ver la parte acuática del mundo." Así comienza esta famosa obra que narra la travesía del barco ballenero Pequod, comandado por el capitán Ahab, junto a Ismael – quien narra la historia- y el arponero Quiqueg, en la mítica persecución de la gran ballena blanca. La venganza, la locura, la lucha contra el destino, y la arrolladora fuerza de la naturaleza, son los temas principales de esta novela de aventuras que relata la lucha del capitán Ahab y su terrible obsesión por vengarse de la enorme ballena que lo privó de su pierna. Escrita por Herman Melville, Moby Dick fue publicada en 1851, y es considerada como una obra fundacional de la literatura norteamericana. La novela cuenta con detalladas descripciones que grafican con precisión antropológica la vida marinera y la caza de ballenas del siglo XIX. Es una obra con profundo simbolismo al punto tal que se suele interpretar a la tripulación del Pequod como una representación de la humanidad en general. Además, ha tenido numerosas adaptaciones y referencias en el cine, teatro y televisión, siendo las más recientes entre ellas, la miniserie Moby Dick estrenada en 2011 con Ethan Hawke como Starbuck y la película de 2015, In the Hearth of the sea, protagonizada por Chris Hemsworth.Herman Melville (1819 – 1891) fue un escritor, novelista, poeta y ensayista estadounidense. Es reconocido mundialmente por haber escrito Moby Dick (1851), novela que lo consagró como uno de los mejores escritores de la literatura norteamericana. Fue marinero y vivió cuatro años a bordo de un ballenero navegando los mares del Sur, lo que le proporcionó el conocimiento del mundo del mar que plasmó en sus obras, principalmente en las novelas de aventuras, como Typee (1846) y Omoo (1847), Redburn (1849) y La guerra blanca (1850). Además, escribió cuentos, poemas y ensayos. Su estilo, su construcción narrativa impecable y su incursión en los temas psicológicos influyó en las preocupaciones literarias del siglo XX.

Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano.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. ¿Cuál será el misterio de su mísera existencia? Melville escribe un cuento brillantesobre el vacío existencial.Herman Melville (1 de agosto de 1819) fue un novelista, escritor y poeta americano activo durante el periodo renacentista americano. Es autor de la celebrada obra Moby-dick.

Meisterwerke der WeltliteraturFerne Länder, fantastische Völker und längst vergangene Zeiten – die Abenteuer Hörbibliothek nimmt Hörerinnen und Hörer mit auf eine Reise durch die klassische Abenteuerliteratur der letzten Jahrhunderte:Herman Melville: Moby DickGiacomo Casanova: Gefangenschaft und Flucht aus den BleikammernJonathan Swift: Gullivers ReisenMark Twain: Die Abenteuer des Huckleberry FinnJules Verne: In 80 Tagen um die Welt

The young adventurous sailors, Tommo and Toby, abandon ship and flee into the jungle of an island in French Polynesia. But their feelings of victory will be short-lived. Because they are about to run straight into the hands of the Typee, the most feared of the battling cannibal tribes. Inspired by his own adventures, twenty-five-year-old Herman Melville wrote `Typee‘ (1846) as a blend of creative memoir, cultural commentary, and good story-telling. He would later tell his friend Nathaniel Hawthorne (author of `The Scarlet Letter‘) that "from my twenty-fifth year I date my life". Despite being mostly recognized, today, as the author of the classic novel, `Moby Dick‘, `Typee‘ was Melville‘s best-selling novel in his life-time. Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American writer, best known for his whaling novel, `Moby Dick‘, which was poorly received at the time but considered a classic today.

Herman Melville‘s picturesque account of the Galapagos Islands will make you want to abandon all responsibilities and travel there to see for yourself. Melville wrote this series of "sketches" – or short prose works – from his own experiences sailing around the islands, yet at the same time they are clearly a product of his extraordinary imagination. Originally appearing in Putnam‘s Magazine in 1854, the novella was later published alongside five other Melville short stories in the collection `The Piazza Tales‘, which was very well received.Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American writer, best known for his whaling novel, `Moby Dick‘, which was poorly received at the time but considered a classic today.

KALD MIG ISMAEL. For nogle år siden - det kan være lige meget hvor mange - havde jeg få eller ingen penge i min pung og ikke noget særligt, der optog mig på landjorden. Jeg fik derfor den idé at sejle lidt rundt og se den del af verden, som er vand. På den måde forjager jeg min humørsyge og holder blodomløbet i gang. Når jeg kan mærke, at jeg er ved at få et dystert drag om munden, når det er regnvåd november i min sjæl, når jeg uvilkårligt standser op foran ligkistemagasiner og slutter mig til ethvert ligtog, jeg træffer på, og især når mit tungsind får sådan et tag i mig, at det kræver en stærk moral ikke med fuldt overlæg at gå ud på gaden og systematisk slå hatten af folk - ja, da finder jeg det på høje tid snarest at stikke til søs."Moby Dick" er den amerikanske kultklassiker af forfatteren Herman Melville. Bogen handler om sømanden Ishmael, der får hyre på hvalfangerbåden The Peqoud, som ledes af den gale kaptajn Ahab. Ahab er besat af den gigantiske, hvide hval, Moby Dick, og hans higen efter at få ram på det voldsomme dyr sætter alles liv i fare. ANMELDERNE SKREV"Den nye danske oversættelse af Herman Melvilles " Moby Dick" viser med al tydelighed, hvorfor romanen er et højdepunkt i verdenslitteraturen (...) Ismael er virkelig en helt særlig skikkelse, som man bør unde sig selv at møde mindst en gang i sit liv."- Kristeligt Dagblad"Melvilles skildring af fanatismens og galskabens anatomi er eminent, og selv om kompositionen af romanen kan virke uoverskuelig og strittende, da skyder plottet hurtigt en harpun i læseren og trækker ham ind i en langsomt, men støt, accelererende malstrøm (...) således ser en perfekt klassikeroversættelse ud!"- 6 stjerner, Berlingske

ISRAEL POTTER er Herman Melvilles stadig aktuelle, vittige og dybt satiriske roman om "det dristige, principløse, hensynsløse, griske, uendeligt ambitiøse og i det ydre civiliserede, men i hjertet barbariske Amerika".ISRAEL POTTER er den eneste af Melvilles romaner, der bygger på virkelige hændelser. Romanen tager udgangspunkt i den amerikanske uafhængighedskrig, som hovedpersonen Israel Potter (der også er en virkelig person) deltager i. Han bringes af omveje til Europa, hvor han kæmper hårdt for at overleve og skjule sit identitet som amerikansk frihedskæmper. Her tjener han til dagen og vejen gennem de erhverv, der ved skæbnens lod tilfalder ham: landmand, gartner, sørøver hos den berømte John Paul Jones, teglværksarbejder og hemmelig agent i Paris.