Herman Melville

Mladý námorník Izmael, znudený všednosťou každodenného života na pevnine, sa dá najať na veľrybársku loď. Čoskoro však zistí, že jej kapitán sa nevydal na more preto, aby sa vrátil s nákladom veľrybieho mäsa a tuku...

V románu Moby Dick se Melville zamýšlí nad zlem ztělesněným do dvou protagonistů: na jedné straně velryby, která reprezentuje zlo bez citů a ničí vše, s čím se setká, a na druhé straně kapitána Achaba, který ukazuje zlo zatvrzelé,..

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 co

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

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

Mladý námorník Izmael, znudený všednosťou každodenného života na pevnine, sa dá najať na veľrybársku loď. Čoskoro však zistí, že jej kapitán sa nevydal na more preto, aby sa vrátil s nákladom veľrybieho mäsa a tuku...

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 exper

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

Naučte se anglicky chytře a zábavně! Slavný námořnický román, který napsal Herman Melville o bílé velrybě MobyDick v dvojjazyčné zjednodušené verzi a s přiloženým CD. Román určený pro...

In this novella, widely considered one of the finest works of American literature, a lawyer hires the "incurably forlorn" Bartleby as a clerk in his small firm. Silent and enigmatic, Bartleby performs well at first. One day, however, when requested by...

In The Confidence-Man, Melville's unnerving and hallucinatory satire on the American dream, a slippery trickster and master of disguise comes to swindle his fellow passengers - who themselves may also be con-men - aboard a Mississippi steamboat.

Dobrodružný příběh dvou mladých námořníků, kteří nechtějí snášet kruté podmínky a surové zacházení, a proto uprchnou z velrybářské lodi. Na tropickém ostrově Nuku Hiva v souostroví Markézy je zajme kmen lidojedů...

Slavná novela autora Bílé velryby, která, ač vydaná v roce 1853, v mnohém předjímá postupy literární avantgardy či díla Kafkova...

Stories and poems by Herman Melville drawn from his years at sea. Includes stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

"Moby-Dick" is one of the great epics of all literature. Captain Ahab's hunt for the white whale drives the narrative at a relentless pace, while Ishmael's mediations on whales and whaling, on the sublime indifference of nature...

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 ...