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Bartleby the Scrivener and other stories (EN)


Melville’s Bartleby is a classic American short story, a strange tale of an assiduous copyist whose catch-phrase is ‘I would prefer not to’. It is joined here by two other stories from The Piazza Tales, Melville’s idiosyncratic collection: The Lightning-Rod Man and The Bell Tower.
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8,00 €

Typee (EN)


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.
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15,41 €

The Encantadas (EN)


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.
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8,16 €

B. J. Harrison Reads Bartleby, the Scrivener (EN)


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.
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7,25 €

B. J. Harrison Reads Moby Dick (EN)


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.
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15,41 €

Písař Bartleby


Slavná novela autora Bílé velryby která, ač vydaná v roce 1853, v mnohém předjímá postupy literární avantgardy či díla Kafkova. Vypravěčem Melvillova příběhu je majitel menší právnické kanceláře na Wall Streetu; přestože během své praxe už poznal pěknou řádku písařů, je zoufalým osudem svého nového písaře fascinován.
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7,29 €

Moby Dick


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 Captain Ahab's quest to avenge the whale that 'reaped' his leg. The quest is an obsession and the novel is a diabolical study of how a man becomes a fanatic. But it is also a hymn to democracy. Bent as the crew is on Ahab's appalling crusade, it is equally the image of a co-operative community at work: all hands dependent on all hands, each individual responsible for the security of each. Among the crew is Ishmael, the novel's narrator, ordinary sailor, and extraordinary reader. Digressive, allusive, vulgar, transcendent, the story Ishmael tells is above all an education: in the practice of whaling, in the art of writing. Expanding to equal his 'mighty theme' - not only the whale but all things sublime - Melville breathes in the world's great literature. Moby Dick is the greatest novel ever written by an American.
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12,30 € 12,95 €

Moby Dick


einfach lesen! Moby Dick. Aufgaben und Übungen Ein Leseprojekt zu dem gleichnamigen Roman. Leseheft für den Förderunterr
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8,46 € 8,90 €

Moby-Dick


In part, "Moby-Dick" is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopaedia of whaling lore and legend, the book can be seen as part of its author's lifelong meditation on America. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour, "Moby-Dick" is also a profound enquiry into character, faith and the nature of perception.
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18,95 € 19,95 €

Four Classic American Novels


Shining examples of American literature at its best, these four novels explore timeless themes adventure, war, sex, and morality through compelling narratives. An adulteress, a runaway boy, a terrified soldier, and a maltreated sailor the heroes of these novels have become a part of popular culture. This indispensable volume includes "The Scarlet Letter "by Nathaniel Hawthorne "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn "by Mark Twain "The Red Badge of Courage "by Stephen Crane "Billy Budd "by Herman Melville With an Introduction by Sandra Newman".
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7,55 € 7,95 €

Moby Dick - Světová četba pro školáky


Světová četba pro školáky je edice bohatě ilustrovaných, citlivě převyprávěných a zkrácených děl světové literatury. Dílo Moby Dick se vyznačuje hlubokým studiem reakcí a pochybností jednotlivých osobností, právě tak jako neúmornou reflexí zla a tajemných sil, které nutí kapitána Achaba vytrvat v jeho obsesi ulovit nebezpečnou velrybu.
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6,20 € 6,53 €

Moby Dick (Collins Classics)


HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. The young sailor Ishmael befriends a tattooed Polynesian harpooner named Queequeg, and finds himself aboard the Pequod, which is captained by the obsessive Captain Ahab. Not long after the voyage has begun, Ahab tells the crew about his secret plot to hunt down the whale that crippled him on a previous voyage, Moby Dick. The crew of the Pequod are also after as much sperm oil as their ship can carry, and the account of the crew's years-long pursuit of the White Whale is interspersed with detailed and encyclopaedic descriptions of a whaler's life. Melville unites narrative virtuosity with a lifetime of sailing experience in perhaps the single most important classic of American literature.
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3,79 € 3,99 €

Billy Budd and Other Stories (Collins Classics)


HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Struck dead by an angel of God! Yet the angel must hang!' It is the end of the eighteenth century, and the navy recruits the eponymous hero - the 'Handsome Sailor' - to its fleet. Accused of mutinous behaviour, Billy Budd is forced to defend himself, but his fearful, silent response soon gives way to a terrible act of violence. The consequences are disastrous, and nothing can prevent the force of judgment and eventual justice upon him. Discovered among Melville's papers after his death and published posthumously in 1924, 'Billy Budd' is a powerful tale of guilt and innocence, crime and punishment, and the cost of adhering to duty. From the author of 'Moby Dick', Melville's allegorical tales are loaded with symbolism, and showcase his distinctive writing style and themes in shorter form.
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2,76 € 2,90 €

Moby Dick


"Call me Ishmael". So begins Moby-Dick, Herman Melville's epic account of the last voyage of the ill-fated whaling ship Pequod, and its captain's obsessive pursuit of the legendary white whale that maimed him years before. Melville's classic novel has given American literature some of its most iconic characters. Inspired by the real-life ordeal of the crew of the whaling ship Essex--who, in 1819, were set adrift in the heart of the sea for eighty-nine days, after the whale they were hunting stove in their ship's hull--and steeped in the lore and legendry of whaling, Melville's novel is widely regarded as one of the greatest American novels. More than a rousing tale of adventure on the high seas, Moby-Dick is acknowledged today as a fundamental exploration of the ideas and interests that shaped the American experience in the nineteenth century. The text of Moby-Dick in this volume is from the authoritative Northwestern Newberry edition of The Writings of Herman Melville. Moby-Dick is one of Barnes & Noble's leatherbound classics.Each volume features authoritative texts by the world's greatest authors in an exquisitely designed bonded-leather binding, with distinctive gilt edging and a silk-ribbon bookmark.
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29,93 € 31,50 €

Moby Dick


Moby Dick is a novel by American author Herman Melville. It is the story of captain Ahab’s quest for revenge against the titular white whale Moby Dick. The whale has on a previous voyage destroyed Ahab's ship and severed his leg at the knee. The story is narrated by the sailor Ishmael. Originally the novel was a failure but in the 20th century it was rediscover and recognized as work of literary genius.
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3,75 € 3,95 €

Bartleby, az írnok / Bartleby, the Scrivener


Sorozatunkban az angol és amerikai irodalom nagyjainak klasszikus elbeszéléseit olvashatod eredeti nyelven, Arthur Conan Doyle-tól és Mark Twaintől Virginia Woolfig és F. Scott Fitzgeraldig - a magyar fordítás kíséretében! Az új, modern fordítás egyszerre segíti az irodalom élvezetét és az eredeti mű pontos követését. Az angol szöveghez fűzött magyarázó jegyzetek a segítségedre lesznek a szóhasználat, a nyelvtani szerkezetek vagy éppen a kulturális mellékjelentések pontos megértésében. Tartalmi ismertető a sorozat 8. kötetéhez: A Bartleby, az írnok sarkos ellentétben áll Melville regényeinek szokásos környezetével, a hatalmas óceánok és távoli, egzotikus tájak világával. Az elbeszélő egy New York-i ügyvéd, aki a Wall Streeten lévő irodájába három írnoka mellé felvesz negyedikként egy Bartleby nevű másolót, és nem is gyanítja, mi vár majd rá. Bartleby feddhetetlen, szorgalmas, visszafogott ember, ám egyszer, amikor az ügyvéd új feladattal bízza meg, udvariasan, de visszavonhatatlanul azt feleli: - Inkább nem tenném. Ettől kezdve Bartleby nem hajlandó semmit sem lemásolni, de ebben nincs semmiféle lázadás vagy nagyképűség. Ott álldogál az iroda egyik ablaka előtt, és állandóan a szemközti tűzfalat nézi, rendíthetetlenül, zavartalanul, távolságtartó módon. Ugyanezekkel a szavakkal felel, amikor a munkaadója arra szólítja fel, hogy távozzon az időközben lakásává is lett irodából. Az ügyvéd megmagyarázhatatlanul együtt érez különös alkalmazottjával, addig védelmezi, ameddig csak bírja, egészen a drámai végkifejletig, amelyet nem kerülhetnek el. Bartleby maga a tiszta másság, az abszolút ártatlanság, nem ismer sem szabályokat, sem bűnöket, ő a társadalom áldozata, és egyidejűleg ő a társadalom legfelsőbb, legkönyörtelenebb bírája is.
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5,05 € 5,32 €