Featured in this volume are "Billy Budd", Melville's posthumously published novella, the story of the rivalry between a handsome sailor and his demonic captain; the tale of the apathetic "Bartleby, the Scrivener; " the riveting "Benito Cereno", the story of a slave ship mutiny written at the time of the Amistad case and "The Town-Ho's Story", a chapter from Melville's masterpiece, "Moby Dick".
year: 1979, 1998, 1961
call number/section: 1000
subjects: sailors, impressment, ship captains, executions and executioners, sea stories, short stories, adventure fiction, adventure stories, adventure and adventurers, fiction, reading counts!
Editions
Melville, Herman
New American Library (1979)
Featured in this volume are "Billy Budd", Melville's posthumously published novella, the story of the rivalry between a handsome sailor and his demonic captain; the tale of the apathetic "Bartleby, the Scrivener; " the riveting "Benito Cereno", the story of a slave ship mutiny written at the time of the Amistad case and "The Town-Ho's Story", a chapter from Melville's masterpiece, "Moby Dick".
Schools: 1
Melville, Herman
Signet Classic (1998)
A collection of eight short stories by the author of "Moby Dick.".
Schools: 1
Melville, Herman
(1961)
Schools: 0
Melville, Herman
(1961)
Schools: 1
Melville, Herman
A collection of eight short stories by the author of "Moby Dick.".
Schools: 2