{"product_id":"the-happy-failure-stories-paperback","title":"The Happy Failure: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHerman Melville\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Melville at his best invariably wrote from a sort of dream self, so that events which he relates as actual fact have indeed a far deeper reference to his own soul, his own inner life.\" - D.H. Lawrence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Here are ten stories that represent some of the best short work of American master Herman Melville, including \"Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street,\" \"The Happy Failure,\" and \"The Paradise of Bachelors and The Tartarus of Maids.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Alongside THE HAPPY FAILURE, Harper Perennial will publish the short fiction of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Stephen Crane, and Oscar Wilde to be packaged in a beautifully designed, boldly colorful boxset in the aim to attract contemporary fans of short fiction to these revered masters of the form. Also, in each of these selections will appear a story from one of the new collections being published in the \"Summer of the Short Story.\" A story from Alex Burrett's forthcoming collection, MY GOAT ATE ITS OWN LEGS, will be printed at the back of this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 7.08 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 28, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762995069216,"sku":"9780061773754","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c8bf4f23fd7ed8be78102d1da08c8f63.webp?v=1780227461","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-happy-failure-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}