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The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids. Categories: American short stories by writer. Works by Herman Melville.
- “Bartleby, The Scrivener”
- “The Lightning-Rod Man”
- “Benito Cereno”
- “The Two Temples”
- “Poor Man’S Pudding and Rich Man’S Crumbs”
- “The Happy Failure: A Story of The River Hudson”
An elderly, Manhattan lawyer tells the story of Bartleby, the strangest law-copyist he has ever heard of. When business picked up, he hired Bartleby, whose sedate disposition seemed like a perfect balance to his other employees. He did an exceptional quantity of work for a short time. On Bartleby’s third day on the job, though, he was asked to look...
On a very stormy night, a salesman calls on the narrator, warning him of the dangers of lightning. He tries to sell the narrator a lightning rod. Each strike of lightning makes his pitch more urgent, as he tries to convince the narrator of the great danger he’s in. (Summary) This story can also be read in the above preview of Classic Short Stories:...
Captain Delano’s ship is anchored at an uninhabited island near Chile. A ship not showing friendly colors or any other identifying marks approaches awkwardly. Thinking the ship might be in distress, Delano boards his whaleboat and makes his way to the strangers. Drawing nearer he sees the ship carries black slaves and other valuable freight. Delano...
A man visits two temples, one in New York and one in England. In part 1, Temple First, a man walks three miles to a temple only to find he can’t get in. The church warden refuses him entry because he looks too poor. The man notices a side door, which he thinks leads up to the tower. He sneaks in, climbing the fifty stone steps to the upper floor. H...
In the first section, set in America, Poet Blandmour enthusiastically explains how nature provides everything the poor man needs, including the various and healthful uses for rain, snow and herbs. The narrator looks into the matter himself, visiting the house of a poor wood-cutter and his wife. In the second section, it’s about a year later and the...
A youngster waits for his elderly uncle at the river at nine in the morning. His uncle soon approaches followed by his servant, Yorpy, who’s carrying a large, oblong black box. The uncle orders the box placed on a boat, carefully, as his fortune depends on its contents. Their destination is Quash Island, ten miles away. The uncle is going to test h...
The Herman Melville Page at American Literature, featuring a biography and Free Library of the author's Novels, Stories, Poems, Letters, and Texts.
1. Great Short Works of Herman Melville: Bartleby and Billy Budd, both marvelous and full of the inscrutability of what it is to be human and among the greatest stories in the language. 2. Pretty Good Short Works of Herman Melville: The Town-Ho's Story, Cock-A-Doodle-Doo, and The Encantadas. 3.
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Nov 26, 2012 · Contains twenty-two short fiction works by nineteenth-century American author Herman Melville, including "Billy Budd, Sailor," the story of a sailor who is sentenced to death after striking and killing a superior officer who had falsely accused him of plotting mutiny. Access-restricted-item.
Herman Melville (1819-1891) is considered one of the greatest American authors of all time. Melville was Born in New York City to a family of merchants of English and Dutch descent. The family business flourished at first, but later went bankrupt.
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