The young sailor Herman Melville, the author of the famous "Moby Dick", circumnavigated almost the entire globe in a few years, and this experience served as a source of inspiration for many of his works. The captain of a Spanish ship is carrying a shipment of "human goods" and does not notice the impending riot... The sailor, having quarreled with the captain, deserts and lives for several months on an island with cannibals... Turtles of incredible size live on the “enchanted” islands and the military catches ghosts... And a mysterious scribe from Wall Street, who came from the “unclaimed letters department”, declares a boycott of the entire society ...This edition includes: Melville’s debut novel “Typee”, the stories “Encantadas, or the Enchanted Islands”, “Benito Cereno”, “Billy Budd, Mariner” and “Bartleby the Scribe”.