Forfatter fødeår: 1819-1891
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.
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
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... Læs mere
"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... Læs mere
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by Herman Melville, first published in 1851. It is considered to be one of the Great American Novels. The story tells the adventures of wandering sailor... Læs mere