A story, based on the author's experiences as common sailor on board a U.S. frigate homeward bound from Callao, Peru around Cape Horn, 1843.
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Auteur: Melville, HermanSommaire:Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas is Herman Melville's sequel to Typee, and, as such, was also autobiographical. After leaving Nuku Hiva, the main character ships aboard a...
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Auteur: Melville, HermanSommaire:A young sailor is sentenced to be hanged for inadvertently striking and killing an officer. He faces death with a blessing for the benevolent captain who is forced to execute him.
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Auteur: Melville, HermanSommaire:Six months on a whaler with a cruel captain and no land in sight is too much for Tom. When the vessel cruises into the primitive Marquesas, he and his friend jump ship. They plan to hide out with...
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Auteur: Melville, HermanSommaire:
"The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids" is a short story written by American writer Herman Melville (1819-1891). A combination of two sketches, one set in the center of London's...
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DescriptionBenito Cereno is a novella by Herman Melville, a fictionalized account about the revolt on a Spanish slave ship captained by Don Benito Cereno, first published in three installments in...
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Auteur: Melville, HermanSommaire:One of the funniest and strangest narrators in literature goes to sea with a maniacal captain on a doomed whaling voyage. Ishmael’s rollicking digressions on everything from whaling to philosophy...
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Auteur: Melville, HermanSommaire:In Manhattan, an elderly lawyer's business is growing. Having two scriveners in his employ, the lawyer advertises for a third to meet demand. Enter Bartleby, a glum albeit quality scrivener....
Genre: Classic fiction, Short stories