Bartleby The Scrivener

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This beautifully packaged series of classic novellas includes the works of Anton Chekhov, Colette, Henry James, Herman Melville, and Leo Tolstoy. These collectible editions are the first single-volume publications of these classic tales, offering a closer look at this under-appreciated literary form and providing a fresh take on the world's most celebrated authors. The rat race of Wall Street is turned on its head when Bartleby the copier decides that he simply "would prefer not to" in this absorbing early modernist tale.

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"Ive always been haunted by Bartleby, the proto-slacker. But its the handsomely minimalist cover of the Melville House edition that gets me here, one of many in the small publishers fine 'Art of the Novella' series."
The New Yorker

Praise for the Art of the Novella Series

"I wanted them all, even those I'd already read." Ron Rosenbaum, The New York Observer

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Time Out London

"[F]irst-rateastutely selected and attractively packagedindisputably great works."
Adam Begley, The New York Observer

"The Art of the Novella series is sort of an anti-Kindle. What these singular, distinctive titles celebrate is book-ness. They're slim enough to be portable but showy enough to be conspicuously consumedtiny little objects that demand to be loved for the commodities they are."
KQED (NPR San Francisco)

"Some like it short, and if you're one of them, Melville House, an independent publisher based in Brooklyn, has a line of books for you... elegant-looking paperback editions ...a good read in a small package."
The Wall Street Journal

Author Bio

Herman Melville is considered one of the greatest writers in American history. His most popular works include: Benito Cereno; Billy Budd, Sailor; and Moby Dick.