Includes bibliographical references (pages xlii-xliv).
Contents:
Bartleby, the scrivener -- Cock-a-doodle-doo! -- The fiddler -- The paradise of bachelors and the tartarus of maids -- The lightning-rod man -- The Encantadas, or, Enchanted Isles -- Benito Cereno -- I and my chimney -- Billy Budd, sailor (an inside narrative).
Summary:
Presents the short novel about Billy Budd, who is admired by all the sailors aboard the warship Bellipotent except for Master-at-Arms Claggart, an envious man who plots to frame Billy for treason, and includes a selection of short stories.
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