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The Encantadas; or Enchanted Isles [EPUB ebook]

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‘The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles’ is a novella by American author Herman Melville. First published in Putnam’s Magazine in 1854, it consists of ten philosophical ‘Sketches’ on the Encantadas, or Galápagos Islands. An anonymous narrator unites the ten disparate ‘Sketches’, each of which begin with a few lines of poetry, mostly taken from Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene. All of the stories are replete with symbolism reinforcing the cruelty of life on the Encantadas.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9786050455069 ● File size 0.1 MB ● Publisher Herman Melville ● Published 2016 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5111567 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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