The Encantadas and Other Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)

By Herman Melville

Book Overview

Las encantadas es un libro delicioso compuesto por diez fragmentos descriptivos de las islas Gal pagos. Melville encontr en estas islas un escenario ideal donde proyectar o del que extraer temas que... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486440842
• ISBN13: 9780486440842
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Melville's take on Galapagos

I have been there and my take is sorta like Melville's...a bucket load of cinders but I see more in the ecology than he was seeing. The complete non-interest the animals and birds have in humans.Very interesting to read what was said in Melville's days and what we think of the islands now. The Galapagos was a place to exploit then and now it is an unspoiled group of islands to savor. Well worth the read...a short 65 pages.