Herman Melville (1819–1891) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet known for his novel “Moby-Dick.” His works often explored themes of adventure, obsession, and the human condition. Melville’s writing style and complex narratives have earned him a place among the greatest American authors.
Short Stories written by Herman Melville
- Bartleby, the Scrivener 1856 - A Story of Wall-street. I AM a rather elderly man. The nature of my avocations for the last thirty years… ... Read more
- Benito Cereno 1850 - (1855)In the year 1799, Captain Amasa Delano, of Duxbury, in Massachusetts, commanding a large sealer and general trader, lay at… ... Read more
- Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! 1850 - In all parts of the world many high-spirited revolts from rascally despotisms had of late been knocked on the head… ... Read more
- I and My Chimney 1856 - We got up at four in the morning, that first day in the east. On theevening before we had climbed… ... Read more
- Jimmy Rose 1850 - A TIME ago, no matter how long precisely, I, an old man, removed from the country to the city, having… ... Read more
- Poor Man’s Pudding and Rich Man’s Crumbs 1850 - YOU see," said poet Blandmour, enthusiasticallyas some forty years ago we walked along the road in a soft, moist snowfall,… ... Read more
- The ‘Gees 1850 - IN relating to my friends various passages of my sea-goings I have at times had occasion to allude to that… ... Read more
- The Apple-Tree Table 1850 - or Original Spiritual Manifestations When I first saw the table, dingy and dusty, in the furthest corner of the old… ... Read more
- The Bell-Tower 1850 - In the south of Europe, nigh a once frescoed capital, now with dankmould cankering its bloom, central in a plain,… ... Read more
- The Chase 1850 - That night, in the mid-watch, when the old manas his wont at intervalsstepped forth from the scuttle in which he… ... Read more
- The Encantadas; or, Enchanted Isles 1850 - (1854)SKETCH FIRST.THE ISLES AT LARGE. --"That may not be, said then the ferryman, Least we unweeting hap to be fordonne;… ... Read more
- The Fiddler 1850 - So my poem is damned, and immortal fame is not for me! I am nobody forever and ever. Intolerable fate!… ... Read more
- The Happy Failure 1850 - A STORY OF THE RIVER HUDSON The appointment was that I should meet my elderly uncle at the riverside, precisely… ... Read more
- The Lightning-Rod Man 1850 - What grand irregular thunder, thought I, standing on my hearth-stone among the Acroceraunian hills, as the scattered bolts boomed overhead,… ... Read more
- The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids 1850 - The Paradise of Bachelors It lies not far from Temple-Bar. Going to it, by the usual way, is like stealing… ... Read more
- The Piazza 1850 - "With fairest flowers, Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele--" When I removed into the country, it was to… ... Read more