Herman Melville Classic Stories
by Herman Melville
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Stung by the critical reception and lack of commercial success of Moby-Dick and Pierre, Herman Melville became obsessed with the difficulties of communicating his vision to readers. His sense of isolation lies at the heart of these later works. In "Billy Budd, Sailor," a classic confrontation between good and evil, an innocent young man is unable to defend himself against a wrongful accusation. The other selections "Bartleby," "The Encantadas," "Benito Cereno," and "The Piazza" also illuminate, in varying guises, the way fictions are created and shared with a wider society.
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Herman Melville Classic Stories
2005, Thorndike Press
Hardcover
in English
- U.S. Hardcover Large Print Edition
0786280980 9780786280988
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Originally published: Billy Budd, sailor, and other stories. Penguin, 1850.
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7 Stories:
Bartleby, the Scrivener-
The piazza --
The Encantadas --
The Bell-tower --
Benito Cereno --
The paradise of bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids --
Billy Budd
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