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Herman Melville first glimpsed the Galapagos Islands as a young seaman on the whaler Acushnet. Years later, after the failure of Moby-Dick, he tried to regain his lost popularity by writing a series ten of magazine sketches called "The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles," recalling the strange worlds he found there.
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Les Encantadas, ou Îles Enchantées, Herman Melville, Pierre Leyris
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- Released
- 2006
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- Title
- Les Encantadas, ou Îles Enchantées
- Subtitle
- Texte extrait des Contes de la Véranda
- Language
- French
- Authors
- Herman Melville, Pierre Leyris
- Publisher
- Editions Gallimard
- Released
- 2006
- Pages
- 128
- ISBN10
- 2070338096
- ISBN13
- 9782070338092
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, True Stories, Travel, Classics, Short Stories, American Literature, Opinion Journalism & Essays
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- Herman Melville first glimpsed the Galapagos Islands as a young seaman on the whaler Acushnet. Years later, after the failure of Moby-Dick, he tried to regain his lost popularity by writing a series ten of magazine sketches called "The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles," recalling the strange worlds he found there.