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by Herman Melville

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Bartleby, the Scrivener is the short story by Herman Melville now brought to you in this new edition of the timeless classic.Review''Herman Melville is one of American literature's greatest figures.'' --The Cambridge Guide to Literature in EnglishAbout the AuthorHERMAN MELVILLE (1819-1891) was born in New York City. Family hardships forced him to leave school for various occupations, including shipping as a cabin boy to Liverpool in 1839--a voyage that sparked his love for the sea. A shrewd social critic and philosopher in his fiction, he is considered an outstanding writer of the sea and a great stylist who mastered both realistic narrative and a rich, rhythmical prose. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick and the posthumously published novella Billy Budd.

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