The Shorter Novels of Herman Melville Author:Herman Melville This is an anthology of four short novels written when Melville was no longer recognized as a writer of merit, but are magnificent tales boasting of Melville's consummate skill at character delineation and storytelling. Out of the rubble of a career drained by the creation of an all-demanding masterpiece there came these few startling examples o... more »f a matured genius, distilled to a technical perfection unknown in "Moby Dick."« less