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:print 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.