Arianna Vairo Book order (chronological)

It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar wind blows through it, and birds of prey hover over it."So Melville wrote of his masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. In part, Moby-Dick is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopaedia of whaling lore and legend, the book can be seen as part of its author's lifelong meditation on America. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour, Moby-Dick is also a profound inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.

Extrait : «MONSIEUR JOURDAIN : Et comme l'on parle qu'est-ce que c'est donc que cela ? MAITRE DE PHILOSOPHIE : De la prose. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN : Quoi ? Quand je dis : «Nicole, apportez-moi mes pantoufles, et me donnez mon bonnet de nuit», c'est de la prose ? MAITRE DE PHILOSOPHIE : Oui, Monsieur. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN : Par ma foi ! Il y a plus de quarante ans que je dis de la prose sans que j'en susse rien, et je vous suis le plus obligé du monde de m'avoir appris cela.»