7 best short stories by Herman Melville

By Herman Melville

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His first two books gained much attention, though they were not bestsellers, and his popularity declined precipitously only a few years later. By the time of his death he had been almost completely forgotten, but his longest novel, Moby-Dick — largely considered a failure during his lifetime, and most responsible for Melville's fall from favor with the reading public — was rediscovered in the 20th century as one of the chief literary masterpieces of both American and world literature.

This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories:

Bartleby, the Scrivener
Benito Cereno
The Encantadas
The Chase
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo!
I and My Chimney
The Lightning-Rod Man

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tacet Books
• Release date: Jan 8, 2019
• ISBN: 9788577770113

Herman Melville

Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet who received wide acclaim for his earliest novels, such as Typee and Redburn, but fell into relative obscurity by the end of his life. Today, Melville is hailed as one of the definitive masters of world literature for novels including Moby Dick and Billy Budd, as well as for enduringly popular short stories such as Bartleby, the Scrivener and The Bell-Tower.