Four Short Novels
Edition: 12th printing
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 1963 06
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 281
Other titles: Billy Budd, Foretopman.; Benito Cereno.; Bartleby.; Encantadas, or Enchanted isles.
Description: For many people the shorter novels of Herman Melville have been lost in the gigantic shadow of his universally recognized masterpiece, Moby Dick. Yet the short novels in this volume, written after his popularity had begun to wane, actually represent the peak of Melville's artistic development. The compelling story line, the profound symbolism, the brilliant character delineation are all in evidence, and there is a tightness and precision in these stories of which the author had not been capable before. Billy Budd, the last of Melville's works is considered by many scholars to be his greatest.
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Notes: A Bantam Classic SC226
Table of contents: title: Benito Cereno; title: Billy Budd, Foretopman; title: Bartleby; title: The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles.