Résumé
The sailor Ishmael gets employed at the whaling ship The Pequod, which is steered by the eccentric captain Ahab. The captain is obsessed with the giant white whale Moby Dick and his mad hunt on the dangerous animal brings all the crew’s lives in danger.Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American author whose books were based on his own experiences as a sailor. Today Herman Melville is world famous for his novel "Moby Dick" but in his time the novel was ill received and quickly forgotten. Not until many years after Herman Melville's death did "Moby Dick" get rediscovered and today it is considered one of the greatest classics in American literature.
Auteur
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Après avoir été employé de banque à 13 ans, fermier à 15, instituteur à 18, Melville se fit marin et mena pendant cinq ou six ans une existence aventureuse qui laissa en lui des traces durables : il fut mutin, vécut parmi les cannibales, embarqua encore, puis, enfin sur la terre ferme, il devint l’écrivain « créateur de mythes » dont parle Albert Camus.
Auteur(s) : Herman Melville
Caractéristiques
Editeur : Saga Egmont International
Auteur(s) : Herman Melville
Publication : 16 mai 2023
Support(s) : Livre numérique eBook [ePub]
Protection(s) : Marquage social (ePub)
Taille(s) : 922 ko (ePub)
EAN13 Livre numérique eBook [ePub] : 9788792922618
