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Bartleby, the Scrivener

A Story of Wall Street

by Herman Melville ...

Series series World Classics
The narrator, an elderly Manhattan lawyer with a very comfortable business helping wealthy men deal with mortgages, deeds, and bonds. One day, Bartleby, a relatively new employee is asked to help proofread a document and Bartleby answers with what soon becomes his stock response: I would prefer not to. To the dismay of the narrator and to the irritation of the other employees, Bartleby performs ... Read more

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The narrator, an elderly Manhattan lawyer with a very comfortable business helping wealthy men deal with mortgages, deeds, and bonds. One day, Bartleby, a relatively new employee is asked to help proofread a document and Bartleby answers with what soon becomes his stock response: I would prefer not to. To the dismay of the narrator and to the irritation of the other employees, Bartleby performs
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Bartleby the Scrivener, A Story of Wall Street

by Herman Melville ...

Series series World Classics
"Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story from 1852 by Herman Melville.Bartleby is hired to work as a scrivener alongside two other clerks, Nippers and Turkey, for an unnamed, elderly lawyer in New York. At first, he produces high-quality work but suddenly his work ethic takes a turn, and Bartleby reply to every task he is given becomes "I would prefer not to."The story was ... Read more

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"Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story from 1852 by Herman Melville.Bartleby is hired to work as a scrivener alongside two other clerks, Nippers and Turkey, for an unnamed, elderly lawyer in New York. At first, he produces high-quality work but suddenly his work ethic takes a turn, and Bartleby reply to every task he is given becomes "I would prefer not to."The story was
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Typee

A Romance of the South Seas

by Herman Melville ...

Series series World Classics
"Typee: A Romance of the South Seas" by Herman Melville is a classic adventure novel set in the South Pacific. The protagonist, Ishmael, joins a whaling ship and becomes shipwrecked on the island of Typee. He lives among the Typee tribe and experiences their unique culture and way of life, falling in love with a beautiful native girl. However, Ishmael must make a choice between staying with the ... Read more

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"Typee: A Romance of the South Seas" by Herman Melville is a classic adventure novel set in the South Pacific. The protagonist, Ishmael, joins a whaling ship and becomes shipwrecked on the island of Typee. He lives among the Typee tribe and experiences their unique culture and way of life, falling in love with a beautiful native girl. However, Ishmael must make a choice between staying with the
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The Piazza Tales

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Series series World Classics
"The Piazza Tales" by Herman Melville is a collection of short stories exploring the complexities of human experience. From the eerie "Bartleby, the Scrivener" to the adventurous "Benito Cereno," the tales traverse a range of themes. They delve into the enigmatic Bartleby's passive resistance, the dark secrets aboard a slave ship in "Benito Cereno," and the haunting quest for the White Whale in ... Read more

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"The Piazza Tales" by Herman Melville is a collection of short stories exploring the complexities of human experience. From the eerie "Bartleby, the Scrivener" to the adventurous "Benito Cereno," the tales traverse a range of themes. They delve into the enigmatic Bartleby's passive resistance, the dark secrets aboard a slave ship in "Benito Cereno," and the haunting quest for the White Whale in
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Typee

A Romance of the South Seas

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Series series World Classics
"Typee: A Romance of the South Seas" by Herman Melville is a classic adventure novel set in the South Pacific. The protagonist, Ishmael, joins a whaling ship and becomes shipwrecked on the island of Typee. He lives among the Typee tribe and experiences their unique culture and way of life, falling in love with a beautiful native girl. However, Ishmael must make a choice between staying with the ... Read more

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"Typee: A Romance of the South Seas" by Herman Melville is a classic adventure novel set in the South Pacific. The protagonist, Ishmael, joins a whaling ship and becomes shipwrecked on the island of Typee. He lives among the Typee tribe and experiences their unique culture and way of life, falling in love with a beautiful native girl. However, Ishmael must make a choice between staying with the
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The Piazza Tales

by Herman Melville ...

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"The Piazza Tales" by Herman Melville is a collection of short stories exploring the complexities of human experience. From the eerie "Bartleby, the Scrivener" to the adventurous "Benito Cereno," the tales traverse a range of themes. They delve into the enigmatic Bartleby's passive resistance, the dark secrets aboard a slave ship in "Benito Cereno," and the haunting quest for the White Whale in ... Read more

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"The Piazza Tales" by Herman Melville is a collection of short stories exploring the complexities of human experience. From the eerie "Bartleby, the Scrivener" to the adventurous "Benito Cereno," the tales traverse a range of themes. They delve into the enigmatic Bartleby's passive resistance, the dark secrets aboard a slave ship in "Benito Cereno," and the haunting quest for the White Whale in
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Bartleby, the Scrivener

A Story of Wall Street

by Herman Melville ...

Series series World Classics
The narrator, an elderly Manhattan lawyer with a very comfortable business helping wealthy men deal with mortgages, deeds, and bonds. One day, Bartleby, a relatively new employee is asked to help proofread a document and Bartleby answers with what soon becomes his stock response: I would prefer not to. To the dismay of the narrator and to the irritation of the other employees, Bartleby performs ... Read more

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The narrator, an elderly Manhattan lawyer with a very comfortable business helping wealthy men deal with mortgages, deeds, and bonds. One day, Bartleby, a relatively new employee is asked to help proofread a document and Bartleby answers with what soon becomes his stock response: I would prefer not to. To the dismay of the narrator and to the irritation of the other employees, Bartleby performs
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The Lifted Veil

by George Eliot ...

'The Lifted Veil' was George Eliot's trip into the fantastic and horror fiction of the Victorian era. The novella, originally written in 1859, is all about extrasensory perception, the essence of physical life, possible life after death, and the power of fate. ... Read more

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'The Lifted Veil' was George Eliot's trip into the fantastic and horror fiction of the Victorian era. The novella, originally written in 1859, is all about extrasensory perception, the essence of physical life, possible life after death, and the power of fate.
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Shakespeare's Sonnets

by William Shakespeare ...

Series series First Avenue Classics ™
Along with writing comedic and dramatic plays, William Shakespeare was also a master poet. Using the sonnet structure (three quatrains and a final couplet composed in iambic pentameter), he composed 154 poems covering timeless themes of love, beauty, and mortality. The poems' subjects—the Fair Youth, the Dark Lady, and the Rival Poet—have become nearly as famous as the sonnets themselves. While ... Read more

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Along with writing comedic and dramatic plays, William Shakespeare was also a master poet. Using the sonnet structure (three quatrains and a final couplet composed in iambic pentameter), he composed 154 poems covering timeless themes of love, beauty, and mortality. The poems' subjects—the Fair Youth, the Dark Lady, and the Rival Poet—have become nearly as famous as the sonnets themselves. While
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A Modest Proposal

by Jonathan Swift ...

Series series Unexpurgated Start Classics
Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food for rich gentlemen and ladies.[2] This satirical hyperbole mocks heartless attitudes towards the poor, as well as Irish policy in general. ... Read more

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Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food for rich gentlemen and ladies.[2] This satirical hyperbole mocks heartless attitudes towards the poor, as well as Irish policy in general.
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Complete Works of L. Frank Baum

by L. Frank Baum ...

Series Book 18 - Delphi Series Two
For the first time ever in print or digital publishing, Delphi Classics is proud to present the complete fictional works of master storyteller L. Frank Baum. This monumental eBook offers hundreds of beautiful illustrations, lost works, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (83MB Version 1)* The complete Oz books and ALL fully illustrated with their original artwork* ... Read more

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For the first time ever in print or digital publishing, Delphi Classics is proud to present the complete fictional works of master storyteller L. Frank Baum. This monumental eBook offers hundreds of beautiful illustrations, lost works, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (83MB Version 1)* The complete Oz books and ALL fully illustrated with their original artwork*
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Twenty Years After

by Alexandre Dumas ...

Twenty Years After (French: Vingt ans après) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, first serialized from January to August 1845. A book of The d'Artagnan Romances, it is a sequel to The Three Musketeers and precedes The Vicomte de Bragelonne (which includes the sub-plot Man in the Iron Mask).The novel follows events in France during the Fronde, during the childhood reign of Louis XIV, and in England near ... Read more

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Twenty Years After (French: Vingt ans après) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, first serialized from January to August 1845. A book of The d'Artagnan Romances, it is a sequel to The Three Musketeers and precedes The Vicomte de Bragelonne (which includes the sub-plot Man in the Iron Mask).The novel follows events in France during the Fronde, during the childhood reign of Louis XIV, and in England near
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