Publisher, Naxos Audiobooks (February 2006)

Melville's Bartleby is a classic American short story, a wry tale of an assiduous copyist whose catch-phrase is 'I would prefer not to.' It is joined here by two other stories from The Piazza Tales, Melville's idiosyncratic collection: The Lightning-Rod Man and The Bell-Tower.

About the Performer: William Roberts has appeared extensively in TV, film and theatre, varying from The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and Navy Seals to Martin Chuzzlewit and A View to Kill. He is also a familiar voice on radio and audiobooks, with numerous dramas and books to his credit. He has also read The Fall of the House of Usher & other Tales and Billy Budd for Naxos AudioBooks.