Great Short Works of Herman Melville
- ISBN-10
- 0060830948
- ISBN-13
- 9780060830946
- Series
- Great Short Works of Herman Melville
- Category
- Culture
- Pages
- 510
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1969
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Author
- Herman Melville
Description
A complete collection of Melville's short works of fiction that includes The Encantadas, Bartleby, the Scrivener, Benito Cereno, and Billy Budd
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