Herman Melville

Izmael, znaven šedostí a bezvýznamností každodenního pevninského života, nechal se najmout na velrybářskou loď. Velmi brzy se ale ukázalo, že smyslem výpravy není lov kytovců a návrat do domovského přístavu s plnými barely velrybího tuku...

Říkejte mi Izmael… V internetových kvízech, kde se má poznat dílo podle první věty, většinou bezpečně najdeme Bílou velrybu. Dvaatřicetiletý Melville ji poprvé vydal roku 1851 a dodnes patří k tomu nejrespektovanějšímu...

Francouzský kreslíř Christophe Chabouté přímo zázračně proměnil do komiksové podoby jedno ze základních děl anglické literatury. Osudový souboj kapitána Achaba s bílou velrybou znají i ti, kteří nikdy román Hermana Melvilla nečetli,

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...

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...

Over a century and a half after its publication, Moby-Dick still stands as an indisputable literary classic. It is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and ...

With an Introduction and Notes by David Herd. Lecturer in English and American Literature at the University of Kent at Canterbury Moby-Dick is the story of Captain Ahab's quest to avenge the whale that 'reaped' his leg...

A masterful adaptation of the timeless literary classic, faithfully and beautifully rendered by an award-winning artist.In striking black-and-white illustrations, Chabouté retells the story of the Great American Novel. Captain Ahab strikes out on a voyag

Moby-Dick is one of the most expansive feats of imagination in the whole of literature: the mad, raging, Shakespearean tale of Captain Ahab's insane quest to kill a giant white whale that has taken his leg, and upon which he has sworn vengeance,

Haunted by prophesies of his own death, Captain Ahab hunts the vast waters of the Pacific in search of the great white whale that has become his obsession...

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 ...

When the young Ishmael gets on board Captain Ahab's whaling ship, little does he suspect that the mission on which he is about to embark is the fulfilment of his master's obsessive desire for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale who ...

One of the most widely-read books worldwide. Moby Dick is the saga of Captain Ahab and his continuous pursuit of Moby Dick, the great white whale who maimed him during their last encounter...

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...

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.

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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...

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...

Arguably Herman Melville's greatest work, and hailed as a classic American novel, tells the tale of one man's fatal obsession and his willingness to sacrifice his life and that of his crew to achieve his goal...