Herman Melville a-t-il vraiment dit « Call me Ishmael » ?
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Herman Melville a-t-il vraiment dit « Call me Ishmael » ?
Trouvé mot pour mot. Oui. Le texte figure dans des œuvres attribuées à Herman Melville. Source et emplacement ci-dessous.
Call me Ishmael. Some years ago--never mind how long precisely--having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funera …
Moby Dick; Or, The Whale — Herman Melville, CHAPTER 1. Loomings. · ¶100 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #2701 · source
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (WLC), CC BY 4.0