Complied in this anthology are 15 classic short stories by American literary giant Herman Melville. Most famous for his masterpiece Moby Dick, this collection explores the lesser known short works of Melville. Included in this selection are: "Cock-A-Doodle-Doo", "The Poor Man's Pudding and Rich Man's Crumbs", "The Happy Failure", "The Fiddler", "The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids", "Jimmy Rose", "The Gees", "I and My Chimney", "The Apple-Tree Table", "The Piazza", "Bartleby the Scrivener", "Benito Cereno", "The Lightning Rod Man", "The Encantadas", and "The Bell-Tower".
