Bartleby and Benito Cereno

by Herman Melville

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486264734
• ISBN13: 9780486264738
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.9" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher