Short Stories by Herman Melville (Study Guide) - Paradise of Bachelors and Tartarus of Maids, Bartleby, the Scrivener, Benito Cereno (Paperback)


This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Paradise of Bachelors and Tartarus of Maids, Bartleby, the Scrivener, Benito Cereno, the Encantadas. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: "Paradise of Bachelors and the Tarturus of Maids" is a short story written by American writer Herman Melville in April 1855. Best known for his novel Moby-Dick, Melville wrote numerous books and short stories. This story is seen as a paradox of two completely separate worlds that live side by side in a paper-mill in the middle of nowhere. The seclusion of the narrator and other characters is what really adds to the eerie feeling found throughout the story. Although this short story often cannot be classified, it lines up with all the characteristics of American Gothic. The story is presented as a first-person narrative. At the beginning of the story, the narrator begins a journey through New England. Traveling by horse, the narrator heads east from the bright farmlands to the unwelcoming hills. He first passes through a rock filled and windy canyon, known as Mad Maid's Bellow's-pipe. From here he heads lower into the gorge and conditions become dangerous as he enters the Black Notch. This area is increasingly tight and steep. The road suddenly drops into a large deep sunken valley. This is known as Devil's Dungeon. As the trip continues the weather continues to worsen and the temperature drops drastically. Waterfalls and runoffs are heard all around as they pour into a long, red-colored, stream that violently flows through the boulder filled land. This body of water is known as the Blood River, obviously due to its brick red color. This water runs off a large drop off that flows downward into an invisible low land. On the other end of this drop off is an abandoned old saw-mill. This ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2059538

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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Paradise of Bachelors and Tartarus of Maids, Bartleby, the Scrivener, Benito Cereno, the Encantadas. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: "Paradise of Bachelors and the Tarturus of Maids" is a short story written by American writer Herman Melville in April 1855. Best known for his novel Moby-Dick, Melville wrote numerous books and short stories. This story is seen as a paradox of two completely separate worlds that live side by side in a paper-mill in the middle of nowhere. The seclusion of the narrator and other characters is what really adds to the eerie feeling found throughout the story. Although this short story often cannot be classified, it lines up with all the characteristics of American Gothic. The story is presented as a first-person narrative. At the beginning of the story, the narrator begins a journey through New England. Traveling by horse, the narrator heads east from the bright farmlands to the unwelcoming hills. He first passes through a rock filled and windy canyon, known as Mad Maid's Bellow's-pipe. From here he heads lower into the gorge and conditions become dangerous as he enters the Black Notch. This area is increasingly tight and steep. The road suddenly drops into a large deep sunken valley. This is known as Devil's Dungeon. As the trip continues the weather continues to worsen and the temperature drops drastically. Waterfalls and runoffs are heard all around as they pour into a long, red-colored, stream that violently flows through the boulder filled land. This body of water is known as the Blood River, obviously due to its brick red color. This water runs off a large drop off that flows downward into an invisible low land. On the other end of this drop off is an abandoned old saw-mill. This ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2059538

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September 2010

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34

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978-1-156-30036-7

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9781156300367

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