Books by Herman Melville

Portrait of Herman Melville

Herman Melville stands among the great voices of nineteenth‑century American literature, celebrated for his profound explorations of obsession, morality, and the human struggle against nature. His writing blends adventure with philosophical depth, drawing readers into vividly realised worlds shaped by the sea, commerce, and the restless pursuit of meaning.

Best known for his masterwork *Moby‑Dick*, Melville's legacy also includes finely crafted tales and reflective prose that continue to challenge and inspire. His influence extends far beyond his own era, inviting modern readers to rediscover the timeless questions and rich symbolism that define his remarkable body of work.

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  • Billy Budd Sailor and Other Stories

    Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Billy Budd Sailor and Other Stories

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisIf Melville had never written Moby Dick, his place in world literature would be assured by his short tales. 'Billy Budd, Sailor,' his last work, is the masterpiece in which he delivers the final summation in his 'quarrel with God.' It is a brilliant study of the tragic clash between social authority and individual freedom, human justice and abstract good. Melville also explores this theme in 'Bartelby the Scrivener,' his famous story about a Wall Street law clerk who takes passive resistance to a comic—and ultimately disastrous—extreme; and in 'Benito Cereno,' his dazzling account of oppression and rebellion on a nineteenth-century slave ship. Completing this collection of great tales are the eerie 'The Encantados,' the beautiful, romantic 'The Piazza,' and Melville's chilling science fiction parable, 'The Bell-Tower.'

    10 in stock

    £7.26

  • Random House USA Inc Four Great American Classics

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisThese four landmark novels of nineteenth-century American literature have gained a permanent place in our culture as great classics. They are not only part of our national heritage, but masterpieces of world literature whose deep and lasting influence is felt to this day.The Scarlet Letter vividly records America’s moral and historical roots in Puritan New England and masterfully re-creates a society’s preoccupation with sin, guilt, and pride.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn carries readers along on Huck’s unforgettable journey down the Mississippi in America’s foremost comic epic—the first great novel in a truly American voice.The Red Badge of Courage re-creates the brutal reality of war and its psychological impact on a young Civil War soldier in one of the most moving and widely read American novels.Billy Budd, Sailor, and Other Stories joins the world’s great tragic literature as a doo

    10 in stock

    £10.64

  • MobyDick

    Random House USA Inc MobyDick

    10 in stock

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    10 in stock

    £13.29

  • Northwestern University Press Omoo a Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas

    10 in stock

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    10 in stock

    £113.05

  • Perfection Learning Bartleby the Scrivener Tale Blazers

    10 in stock

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    10 in stock

    £8.81

  • Benito Cereno

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisUna de las novelas más conocidas de Herman Melville es Benito Cereno, publicada en 1855, y basada en la historia real del español Benito Cerreño, de cuyo buque, el Tryal, se apoderaron en 1804 los esclavos que llevaba por aguas del Pacífico rumbo a Lima, donde esperaba venderlos. En un momento histórico en el que los revolucionarios, primero en Estados Unidos y después en Francia, subrayaban el valor absoluto de la libertad, la esclavitud alcanzaba cifras mucho más elevadas que en los siglos precedentes, planteando, sobre todo en América, la paradoja moral de si libertad era también poder comprar, vender y poseer esclavos. Como señaló Jorge Luis Borges Benito Cereno sigue suscitando polémicas. Hay quien lo juzga la obra maestra de Melville y una de las obras maestras de la literatura.

    2 in stock

    £25.86

  • Obelisco Moby Dick

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £17.66

  • Bartleby el escribiente

    Alianza Editorial Bartleby el escribiente

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £16.80

  • Moby Dick

    Campfire Moby Dick

    10 in stock

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    10 in stock

    £11.39

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