The Greatest Stories of Herman Melville

A collection of stories by Herman Melville. His writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor exploration of literature and philosophy and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. This book contains sixteen of his exemplary works as given: 1 . The Piazza 2. Bartleby The Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street (1853) 3. I and My Chimney 4. The Lightning Rod Man 5. The Encantadas; or Enchanted Isles (1854) 6. Sketch First The Isles at Large 7. Sketch Second Two Sides to a Tortoise 8. Sketch Third Rock Rodondo 9. Sketch Fourth A Pisgah View from the Rock 10. Sketch Fifth The Frigate and Ship Flyaway 11. Sketch Sixth Barrington Isle and the Buccaneers 12. Sketch Seventh Charless Isle and the Dogking 13. Sketch Eighth Norfolk Isle and the Chola Widow 14. Sketch Ninth Hoods Isle and the Hermit Oberlus 15. Sketch Tenth Runaways Castaways Solitaries Gravestones etc 16. The Bell Tower