Herman Melville

Bartleby the Scrivener and Other Stories Herman Melville

Melvilles 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. Invention, imagination, and expression combine with two other stories from Melvilles The Piazza Tales: The Lightning-Rod and The Bell-Tower. A companion to the highly-praised collection Classic American Short Stories also performed by William Roberts, and including An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce