Bartleby, the Scrivener

Considered one of the greatest American writers, Herman Melville leaves the sea behind in this short story collection to write about Wall Street offices, the Galapagos Islands, a sinister architect, apathy, capitalism, and humanity's precarious nature. In "e;Bartleby, the Scrivener,"e; a Manhattan lawyer struggles with a clerk who "e;prefers not"e; to do work or leave the office building. In "e;Benito Cereno,"e; a captain stumbles upon a Spanish slave ship off the coast of Chile, whose captain has been overthrown in a revolt. The short story collection also includes "e;The Piazza,"e; "e;The Lightning-Rod Man,"e; "e;The Encantadas,"e; and the "e;Bell-Tower."e; This is an unabridged version of the 1856 edition.