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Bartleby and Benito Cereno by Herman. Melville (1990, Trade Paperback)
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Item specifics
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- ISBN
- 9780486264738
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0486264734
ISBN-13
9780486264738
eBay Product ID (ePID)
795190
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bartleby and Benito Cereno
Number of Pages
112 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1990
Topic
Classics, Short Stories (Single Author), Literary
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.2 in
Item Weight
3.2 Oz
Item Length
8.1 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
90-037098
Dewey Edition
20
Grade From
Ninth Grade
Dewey Decimal
813/.3
Synopsis
Two classics in one volume: "Bartleby," a disturbing moral allegory set in 19th-century New York, and "Benito Cereno," a gripping sea adventure that probes the nature of man's depravity., Herman Melville towers among American writers not only for his powerful novels, but also for the stirring novellas and short stories that flowed from his pen. Two of the most admired of these -- "Bartleby" and "Benito Cereno" -- first appeared as magazine pieces and were then published in 1856 as part of a collection of short stories entitled The Piazza Tales. "Bartleby" (also known as "Bartleby the Scrivener") is an intriguing moral allegory set in the business world of mid-19th-century New York. A strange, enigmatic man employed as a clerk in a legal office, Bartleby forces his employer to come to grips with the most basic questions of human responsibility, and haunts the latter's conscience, even after Bartleby's dismissal. "Benito Cereno," considered one of Melville's best short stories, deals with a bloody slave revolt on a Spanish vessel. A splendid parable of man's struggle against the forces of evil, the carefully developed and mysteriously guarded plot builds to a dramatic climax while revealing the horror and depravity of which man is capable. Reprinted here from standard texts in a finely made, yet inexpensive new edition, these stories offer the general reader and students of Melville and American literature sterling examples of a literary giant at his story-telling best.
LC Classification Number
PS2384.B26 1990
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