Bartleby the Scrivener and Other Stories [With Earbuds] (Playaway Young Adult) [Preloaded Digital Audio Player]

Herman Melville (Author), William Roberts (Narrator)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1608127567 | ISBN-13: 978-1608127566 | Publication Date: April 2009

This collection contains 16 novels and short fiction by acclaimed writer Herman Melville, including 'Moby Dick' and 'Bartleby, The Scrivener.' Includes an active table of contents.

Contents:

Typee
Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas
Mardi Vol. I
Mardi Vol. II
Redburn: His First Voyage
White-Jacket
Moby Dick
Israel Potter
The Confidence-Man
The Piazza
Bartleby, The Scrivener
Benito Cereno
The Lightning-Rod Man
The Encantadas
The Bell-Flower
I and My Chimney

Herman Melville (1819-1891) was a bestselling American author, widely known for MOBY DICK. His popularity was brief during his lifetime, but a 20th century revival in Melville, along with the posthumous discovery of BILLY BUDD have ensured renewed interest in his works.

This unexpurgated edition contains the complete text, with minor errors and omissions corrected.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Editorial Reviews

From AudioFile

One of the world's great short stories starts off as a comedy of the workplace, with an emotionally safe, dignified narrator describing the copyists of his law office and their quirky routines. But when the cryptic Bartleby enters the story, the stakes are raised to that of a spiritual drama. William Roberts captures the office comedy nicely and also the mounting anguish of the narrator trying and failing to be his brother's keeper. The narrator's glimpse into the void gives Roberts the chance to create tension in the later scenes by suggesting the apprehensions of this naïve but kindhearted man. Also included are the much shorter stories "The Lightning-Rod Man" and "The Bell-Tower." G.H. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Details

• Preloaded Digital Audio Player
• Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks (April 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1608127567
• ISBN-13: 978-1608127566
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fine Renditions, January 22, 2008

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Billyjack D'Urberville (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bartleby and Other Stories (Naxos Audio) (Audio CD)

These are very high quality readings, well produced and recorded with a rich, interesting, and apt voice for Melville the social chronicler. Voice is everything in the droll story of Bartleby of course--because the enigmatic, silent clerk is really a mirror for the sensibility of the teller, his Wall Street boss. Melville is highlighted here in the best of his city stories, a mode he excelled in as much as his better known sea sagas.

The Lightning Rod Man and The Bell Tower, two minor pieces from Piazza Tales, are tossed in for balance to make an interesting set. Here you will meet even more obscure Melville masks--both somewhat exasperating--Melville the humorist & Melville the exotic. All of these stories come out of the period Melville was experimenting and playing with new modes, still gamely trying to make a living as a writer despite a dwindling audience post-white whale. Usually neglected, they are brought excitingly alive in all their patented Melvillian wierdness on this little gem of a CD.

4.0 out of 5 stars Reading Melville, September 19, 2010

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DZ (fairport, ny United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bartleby the Scrivener and Other Works by Herman Melville (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (Kindle Edition)

It takes very little time to discover why Melville was a great writer. Even though his writing can seem archaic, you are drawn in by his beautifully crafted sentences. It is too bad that he never found the great sucess he hoped for before he died.