Bartleby and benito cereno (Dover Publications Inc.)

Herman Melville (1819–1891) found early success with stories inspired aby his adventures in the South Seas. His fortunes declined with the 1851 publication of Moby-Dick, now recognized as a masterpiece but scorned żeby Melville’s contemporaries. The author was obliged to work as a New York City customs inspector and died in obscurity, three decades before the critical reassessment of his work.