What is the subtitle of Melville's short story "Bartleby the Scrivener" (1853)?

The subtitle of Melville’s short story “Bartle by the Scrivener” is “A Story of Wall Street.”

Who was Mocha Dick? Mocha Dick was a legendary white whale said to have killed more than thirty men and attacked several ships in the 1800s. His story was told in The Knickerbocker Magazine in 1839. Melville's…
What is George F. Babbitt’s profession? George F. Babbitt, the lead character in Sinclair Lewis's Babbitt (1922), is a real-estate dealer in Zenith, an average American city. He is married to Myra Babbitt; his children are named Verona and…
Who is Finnegan in Finnegans Wake (1939)? Finnegan in Finnegans Wake is an Irish hod carrier who dies after a fall. At his wake, he is momentarily returned to life at the mention of the word "whiskey." The name also…
What is the first line of Philip Roth’s The Great American Novel (1973)? The first line of Philip Roth's The Great American Novel is "Call me Smitty." Through his narrator, Word Smith, Roth not only spoofs Melville, but Hawthorne, Twain, Hemingway, and all other writers who…
What was the first in the series of films produced by Roger Corman that were inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe? House of Usher (1960; aka The Fall of the House of Usher). Like most of the films in the series, which also included The Masque of the Red Death (1964) and The Pit…
What was the “Mexican cession”? The "Mexican cession" was the territory Mexico called the "Far North," including what are today California, Nevada, Utah, most of New Mexico and Arizona, and parts of Wyoming and Colorado. In return Mexico…