Herman Melville was an American writer of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851), Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia, and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella. At the time of his death, Melville was not well known to the public, but 1919, the centennial of his birth, was the starting point of a Melville revival. Moby-Dick would eventually be considered one of the Great American Novels.
Bartleby, the Scrivener
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1853
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A Wall Street lawyer hires a quiet copyist who begins politely refusing every task requested of him with the calm refrain: "I would prefer not to."
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Lighthearted
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Contemplative
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Realistic / Mimetic
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Great American Short Stories
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Fifty Great Short Stories
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