Billy Budd, Bartleby, and Other Stories [electronic resource]
Herman Melville2016
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"A new, definitive edition of Herman Melville's virtuosic short stories-American
classics wrought with scorching fury, grim humor, and profound beauty
Though best-known for his epic masterpiece Moby-Dick , Herman Melville also left
a body of short stories arguably unmatched in American fiction. In the sorrowful
tragedy of Billy Budd, Sailor ; the controlled rage of Benito Cereno ; and the
tantalizing enigma of Bartleby, the Scrivener ; Melville reveals himself as a
singular storyteller of tremendous range and compelling power. In these stories,
Melville cuts to the heart of race, class, capitalism, and globalism in America,
deftly navigating political and social issues that resonate as clearly in our
time as they did in Melville's. Also including The Piazza Tales in full, this
collection demonstrates why Melville stands not only among the greatest writers
of the nineteenth century, but also as one of our greatest contemporaries.
This Penguin Classics edition features ...
Main title:
Billy Budd, Bartleby, and Other Stories [electronic resource] / Herman Melville
Author:
Herman Melville, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Penguin Classics, 2016
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (368)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780698191327
Language:
English
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BRN:
437274
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |