| Imprimis: I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best. |
| —Bartleby, the Scrivener |
| Herman Melville |
Herman Melville
Title: Herman Melville
Author: Melville, Herman
Works
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
The Great American Novel. Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street
In this classic short story, Melville presents us with a perplexing legal scrivener, Bartleby, and the havoc he creates around him.
Writings About Melville, Herman
Melville, Typee; Omoo, Mardi, Moby Dick
Section by Carl Van Doren from the Cambridge History of American Literature.