Jenni B. (jennib) reviewed on 8/8/2005 + 15 more book reviews

(my personal note: While I'm not an overall fan of Melville, these pieces are an appropriate dosage of him and are easily digested).

Two memorable and stirring worksfirst written as magazine pieces and later published in The Piazza Tales. "Bartleby," (also called "Bartleby the Scrivener") is a haunting moral allegory set in the business world of 19th-century New York. "Benito Cereno," a harrowing tale of slavery and revolt aboard a Spanish ship, is regarded by many as Melvilles finest short story.
(amazon.com)

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