Forfatter fødeår: 1819-1891
Herman Melville's classic American novel in a gorgeous pocket-sized hardback, with an afterword by Nigel Cliff.
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... Læs mere
Herman Melvilles mesterværk om kaptajn Ahabs jagt på den hvide hval behøver ikke mange ord med på vejen. Her er den i den originale engelske udgave.
This volume, first published in 1856, collects three of Melville's most important pieces of prose fiction: 'Bartleby, the Scrivener', `Benito Cereno' and `The Encantadas, or Enchanted... Læs mere
Features Captain Ahab who is an eerily compelling madman who focuses his distilled hatred and suffering (and that of generations before him) into the pursuit of a creature as... Læs mere
This edition of Herman Melville's monumental novel includes a new introduction that is attentive both to the rich literary history of Moby-Dick, and to the book's sharp relevance to issues of environmentalism, disability, power, race, and sexuality today.
With an Introduction and Notes by David Herd, Lecturer in English and American Literature at the University of Kent at Canterbury and co-editor of 'Poetry Review'. Moby Dick is the story of... Læs mere
Første gang jeg læste Billy Budd græd jeg. Her er den i den originale engelske udgave.
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... Læs mere