Herman: 1212 books

EDIZIONE REVISIONATA 31/05/2019. Attraverso gli occhi di Ismaele, narratore onnisciente e personaggio principale del romanzo (nonostante di lui non si sappia quasi nulla, se non che si è imbarcato sulla baleniera Pequod come marinaio), viene raccontata l’impresa del capitano Achab. A caccia...

Moby Dick – Der Kampf zwischen Wal und Mensch, mehr noch aber zwischen Vernunft und Wahn. Ein Walfänger hat einem weißen Wal Rache geschworen, nun zieht er seine gesamte Mannschaft hinein in seinen irrsinnigen Feldzug. Bearbeitete Neuausgabe der deutschen Erstübersetzung, mit Erläuterungen zur Seefahrersprache.

The classic tale of existential despair A Wall Street lawyer specializing in bonds and mortgages hires a respectable young man to copy legal documents by hand. At first, the new scrivener approaches his duties with a calm efficiency. Then comes the day when his response to a new assignment...

Nothing in this war has so struck those who have fought in it as its impersonal nature. From the day the British Army moved north, and the first battle of Ypres commenced—and with it trench warfare as we know it now—it has been, save for a few interludes, a contest between automatons, backed by every...

As lessons Jesus taught progressed in the Gospel of Mark, it became evident, God desired a close relationship with Jesus' followers. As the Son of God, Jesus shared this desire. In His human form, Jesus showed how He desired a close relationship, reflecting our need for a close relationship. Created...

OUT of the darkest depths of life, where vice and crime and misery abound, comes the Byron of the twentieth century, the poet of the vagabond and the proletariat, Maxim Gorky. Not like the beggar, humbly imploring for a crust in the name of the Lord, nor like the jeweller displaying his precious stones...

What grand irregular thunder, thought I, standing on my hearth-stone among the Acroceraunian hills, as the scattered bolts boomed overhead, and crashed down among the valleys, every bolt followed by zigzag irradiations, and swift slants of sharp rain, which audibly rang, like a charge of spear-points,...

Contents John Marr and other poems -- Sea pieces -- Poems from Timoleon -- Supplement -- Poems from Battle pieces -- Poems from Mardi -- Poems from Clarel.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not...

On Thursday added ground was won, A long bold steep: we near the Den. Later the foe came shouting down In sortie, which was quelled; and then We stormed them on their left. A chilly change in the afternoon; The sky, late clear, is now bereft Of sun. Last night the ground froze hard-- Rings to the...

An anonymous narrator unites the ten disparate "Sketches", each of which begin with a few lines of poetry, mostly taken from Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene. All of the stories are replete with symbolism reinforcing the cruelty of life on the Encantadas. "Sketch First" is...

A classic, violent tale of vengeance and crime. Superbly written; very much a suspenseful, thrilling tale.

Muchos de los héroes melvilleanos temen y sufren «la deriva universal de la masa de la humanidad hacia el más completo de los olvidos» de la misma angustiosa manera que tratan de oponerse a ella. La propia deriva de Melville en su tiempo, incomprendido y escasamente valorado por el público y...

En 1799, el capitán Amasa Delano ancló en la bahía de una isla desierta del litoral chileno. A la mañana siguiente apareció en el lugar un misterioso navío, el Santo Domingo. Las maniobras de éste hicieron sopechar que se trataba de un barco en apuros, con lo que ordenó que se preparara un...