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This collection of 22 short stories, authored by Herman Melville, includes titles such as 'The Town-Ho's Story', 'Bartleby, the Scrivener', 'Cock-A-Doodle Doo', and 'The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles'. Each story presents themes of psychology and American fiction, reflecting Melville's work as both a literary and psychological fiction, historical fiction, and classic literature.
First publish date: 1940
Genre: General Fiction/Short Stories
Authors: Herman Melville
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