Viaggio della baleniera Pequod comandata dal capitano Achab all'inseguimento diuna balena bianca.

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"Mais en dépit de la façon dont je l'ai traité et bien que j'aie mis en garde mes voisins contre lui, le marchand de paratonnerres hante toujours les parages, voyage toujours quand le temps est à l'orage et fait de bonnes affaires avec les peurs humaines", Le marchand de paratonnerres. "En été aussi, tel Canute, en restant assis ici, la mer vous revient souvent en mémoire. Car non seulement de longues lames de fond parcourent les pentes de blé et les petites vaguelettes de l'herbe déferlent en ondulant sur la basse véranda, comme sur leur plage, non seulement les pissenlits sont emportés par le vent comme les embruns, la pourpre des montagnes n'est que la pourpre des flots et un paisible midi d'août règne sur les profondes prairies comme le calme sur la Ligne, mais l'immensité et la solitude sont si océaniques ainsi que le silence et l'uniformité, que lorsqu'on aperçoit une maison étrangère, se dressant par-delà les arbres, c'est pour tous comme l'apparition d'une voile inconnue sur la côte barbaresque", La véranda.

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Widely considered one of the great American novels, Herman Melville’s masterpiece went largely unread during his lifetime and was out of print at the time of his death in 1891. Called the greatest book about the sea ever written by D.H. Lawrence, Moby Dick features detailed descriptions of whale hunting and whale oil extraction as well as beautiful, incisive writing on race, class, religion, art, and society. The story, loosely based on a real whaling shipwreck, features the unforgettable, vengeful Captain Ahab, who obsessively hunts a great white whale who bit his leg off below the knee.

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Captain Ahab's quest for the white whale is a timeless epic-a thrilling tale of vengeance and obsession, and a searing parable about humanity lost in a universe of moral ambiguity. Far ahead of its own time, Moby-Dick is perhaps the greatest sea story ever told and is considered one of the great works of North American literature. HarperPerennialClassics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

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When the narrator decides to build a piazza at his new country home, his neighbours are amused when he decides to construct it on the north-facing side of his property. But the narrator is content, and when his view provides a glimpse of silver gleaming in the distance, he is convinced that his piazza provides a view of fairyland, and he decides to discover what lies in the distant mountains."The Piazza" was written as an introduction to Herman Melville's 1856 collection The Piazza Tales and was the only work in the collection that was not published individually before the book's release. Much like his masterpiece Moby-Dick, The Piazza Tales did not sell well during Melville's lifetime, but has been met with high critical acclaim and academic attention since his death. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

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