Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street is the short story by the American author, Herman Melville. Published in 1853 it was originally serialized in Putnam's Magazine. The story follows a fictional lawyer as he hires a scrivener to copy legal documents. The scrivener is a great employee at first but soon things turn. In a phrase that has become famous the Scrivener soon refuses work with a a simple "I would prefer not to." The story has been praised as, "unquestionably the masterpiece of the short fiction." Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of...

The Piazzs Tales is a collection of short stories by American Author Herman Melville. They are: "The Piazza," "Bartleby, the Scrivener," "Benito Cereno," "The Lightning-Rod Man," "The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles," and "The Bell-Tower." Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Piazza Tales is a collection of short stories by American Author Herman Melville. They are: "The Piazza," "Bartleby, the Scrivener," "Benito Cereno," "The Lightning-Rod Man," "The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles," and "The Bell-Tower." Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

Dedicated "To the Memory of the Three Hundred Thousand Who in the War For the Maintenance of the Union Fell Devotedly Under the Flag of Their Country" Herman Melville's Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War published in 1866 is his first book of poetry. It deals with the battles and aftermath of the American Civil war. Told through the personalities, the poems are a very unorthodox style creating praise and criticism. The book also contains Melville's thoughts on post-war reconstruction, this section alone being a must read. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best...

Typee: A Romance of the South Seas is the first novel of the famous author, Herman Melville who penned Moby Dick. Published in London in 1846, it is considered a classic example of adventure literature. The novel is loosely based on Herman Melville's own life, and corroborated by a fellow castaway, Richard Tobias Greene. The story focuses on a castaway like Melville who lives among cannibals, an event that made Melville famous. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged...

Pierre; or The Ambiguities is a novel by Herman Melville, the author of Moby Dick. First published in 1852, the tale uses many plot devices from Gothic fiction novels. A psychological thriller, the book was condemned in its day as disturbing due to its unnatural sexual tension. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War is the 1850 novel by Herman Melville that was based on his life in the United States Navy aboard the Frigate The USS United States and the stories of other sailors. The novel focuses on a frigate named the USS Neversink and its exploits on the seas. White Jacket became instrumental in abolishing flogging aboard US Navy ships doe to its graphic descriptions. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction,...

Redburn: His First Voyage is the 1849 novel by American author Herman Melville. The novels protagonist, a young New Yorker, named Wellingborough Redburn, signs onto the Highlander, a merchant ship bound to Liverpool out of New York City. The son of a gentleman, expects to be treated as much, but finds himself among rough sailors being forced to do the lowest duties. The story chronicles the hardship of sailor during the 19th century. Because of his classical style or writing Redburn has been praised as a classic work of American literature. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the...

"Benito Cereno" is a novella by Herman Melville, a fictionalized account about the revolt on a Spanish slavery ship captained by Don Benito Cereno, first published in three installments in Putnam's Monthly in 1855. The tale, slightly revised, was included in his short story collection The Piazza Tales that appeared in May 1856. According to scholar Merton M. Sealts, Jr., the story is 'an oblique comment on those prevailing attitudes toward blacks and slavery in the United States that would ultimately precipitate civil war between North and South