Search Results: Bartleby, Benito Cereno and Billy Budd by Herman Melville

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Used; Very Good. Book of the Month Club 1997 Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Text is clean and unmarked. Jacket has light wear. Book Condition; Very Good Jacket Condition; Very Good . 1997. Book Club Edition. BOOK CLUB EDITION..

[Baltimore] Penguin Books, 1970, 1970. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 465 pages 18 cm ; paperback ; Contents: Bartleby.--Cock-a-doodle-doo!--The Encantades.--The bell-tower.--Benito Cereno.--John Marr.--Billy Budd, sailor.--Daniel Orme. ; ISBN: 0140430296; 9780140430295 ; LC: PZ3.M498; Dewey: 813 ; OCLC: 2110807 ; "Bartleby the Scrivener explores the theme of isolation in American life and the workplace through actual physical loneliness and mental loneliness. Although all of the characters at the office are related by being co-workers, Bartleby is the only one whose name is known to us and seems serious, as the rest of characters have odd nicknames, such as ""Nippers"" or ""Turkey."" This excludes him from being normal in the workplace. Bartleby's former job was at the ""Dead Letter Office"" that received mail with nowhere to go, representing the isolation of communication that Bartleby had at both places of work, being that he was… Read More