In the last few months, other books that I have read have referenced Melville, and in particular the short stories 'Billy Budd, Sailor' and 'Bartleby the Scrivener', so I got this collection from the library. I've never read any of his work so this will be an adventure.

@loppear Thanks! I opened Moby Dick in a bookshop the other day and read a couple of pages, and I was hooked (excuse the pun). I love the wry prose in these short stories already.