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Great short works of Herman Melville / edited with an introduction by Warner Berthoff.
Billy Budd, Sailor and Bartleby, the Scrivener are two of the most revered shorter works of fiction in history. Here, they are collected along with 19 other stories in a beautifully redesigned collection that represents the best short work of an American master.
Record details
- ISBN: 0060586540
- ISBN: 9780060586546
- Physical Description: 510 pages ; 20 cm.
- Edition: 1st Perennial classics editon.
- Publisher: New York : Perennial, 2004.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 506-507). |
Formatted Contents Note: | The town-ho's story -- Bartleby, the scrivener : a story of Wall-Street -- Cock-a-doodle-doo! or, The crowing of the noble cock Beneventano -- The encantadas or Enchanted Isles -- The two temples -- Poor man's pudding and rich man's crumbs --The happy failure : a story of the river Hudson -- The lightning-rod man -- The fiddler -- The paradise of bachelors and the tartarus of maids -- The bell-tower -- Benito Cereno -- Jimmy Rose -- I and my chimney -- The 'Gees -- The apple-tree table, or Original spiritual manifestations -- The piazza -- The Marquis de Grandvin -- Three "Jack Gentian sketches" -- John Marr -- Daniel Orme -- Billy Budd, sailor. |
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Subject: | Sea stories. Short stories. |
Genre: | Sea stories. |