{"product_id":"four-short-novels","title":"Four Short Novels","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Herman Melville\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bantam SC4446\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1963 Print: 11 Cover Price: $.75\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good. Light Wear\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Fiction\/Short Stories\u003cbr\u003ePages: 281\u003cbr\u003e50126117E\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgQEAA\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgSEAA\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor many people the shorter novels of Herman Melville hav ebeen lost in the gigantic shadow of his universally recognized masterpiece, Moby Dick. Yet in the short novels in this volume, written after his popularity had begun to wane, actually represented the peak of Melville's artistic development. The compelling story line, the profound symbolism, the brilliant character delineation are all in evidence and there is a tightness and precision in these stories of which the author had not been capable before. Billy Budd, the last of Melville's works, is considered by many scholars to be his greatest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"vintagebookseller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52103181664487,"sku":"50126117E","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/0537\/files\/img717_5eecbd7e-1a3c-437f-b761-0dcd2bcfcd7f.jpg?v=1779578631","url":"https:\/\/vintagebookseller.myshopify.com\/products\/four-short-novels","provider":"Vintage Bookseller ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}