Herman Melville Audio

Melville's Bartleby the Scrivener is a classic American short story, a strange tale of a constantly busy copyist whose simple refrain, "I would prefer not to", wreaks havoc on his workplace.

"Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story by Herman Melville. The story first appeared, anonymously, in Putnam's Magazine in two parts. The first part appeared in November 1853, with the conclusion published in December 1853. It was reprinted in Melville's The Piazza Tales in 1856 with minor textual alterations

This is a short story about a lawyer with offices on Wall Street in New York City.

On the surface, this is the story of slavery and mutiny on the high seas, but beneath the adventure-charged plot lies the author’s examination of the subject that so fascinated him…

Written some 40 years after "Moby Dick", Herman Meville's "Billy Budd" is a moving tale of good versus evil.

Billy Budd, a paragon of simple goodness and virile beauty, is press-ganged into the crew of HMS Indomitable in 1797, soon after the mutiny in the British fleet.

It's 1791. Friendly, handsome, and popular Billy Budd is a sailor on board the British warship...

Listeners will be captivated by this moving tale of good versus evil through the life of winsome young sailor Billy Budd.

The world-class writers featured in this collection are adept at conjuring the depth of passion that surrounds all stories of love and loss.

These 6 short novels show Melville's cleverness and wit as well as his understanding of both the comic...