Editorial Alma Books Ltd
Fecha de edición julio 2018 · Edición nº 1
Idioma inglés
EAN 9781847497222
Libro
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This volume, first published in 1856, collects three of Melville's most important pieces of prose fiction. In Bartleby, the Scrivener', a Wall Street lawyer hires a melancholy young clerk called Bartleby, whose sudden and mysterious refusal to work plunges the firm into disarray. Benito Cereno' is a historical account of a mutiny on a slave ship, which has been seen as a critique of slavery and contemporary attitudes towards race.
The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles' is a series of travel sketches about the Galapagos Islands which was a huge success with the reading public and contains some of Melville's most celebrated prose. Also included in this volume are The Lightning-Rod Man', The Bell Tower' and a story written especially for the collection, The Piazza'. Taken together, these tales, in their masterful use of irony and concision, show the author of Moby Dick in a different light.
x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Herman Mellvillex{0026}lt;/B (Nova York, 1819-1891) ha estat considerat pels estudiosos i la crítica com un dels autors més importants de la literatura universal, un escriptor de fred instint i sorpreses constants a cada pàgina. La seva capacitat narrativa i la profunditat psicològica dels seus personatges en fan un clàssic imprescindible que, malgrat el pas del temps, segueix mantenint la frescor, la lucidesa i la qualitat literària que han seduït generacions de lectors.x{0026}lt;/P
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