Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street

by Herman Melville

Overview

Bartleby, the Scrivener is the short story by Herman Melville now brought to you in this new edition of the timeless classic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781480255418
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	11/06/2012
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	44
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.09(d)
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Herman Melville (1819—91), one of the writers constituting the bedrock of early American literature, enjoyed popularity early in his career. Yet he died almost unknown, despite a legacy that includes the classic novels Moby-Dick and The Confidence-Man, and novellas such as Billy Budd, Sailor and the present volume. He lived and died in New York, having traveled widely aboard whaling ships as a young man

Date of Birth:

August 1, 1819

Date of Death:

September 28, 1891

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Place of Death:

New York, New York

Education:

Attended the Albany Academy in Albany, New York, until age 15

Editorial Reviews

"Melville stands unique in English Literature." THE NEW YORK TIMES

From the Publisher

Stefan Rudnicki’s stately baritone embodies the story’s narrator, the stuffed-shirt Wall Street lawyer whose perplexed reaction to Bartleby is the substance of the story.” 

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