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The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids

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In the first sketch, the London bachelors, all lawyers, scholars, or writers, enjoy a sumptuous meal in a cozy apartment near the
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Melville was inspired to write "The Paradise of Bachelors" by a trip to the
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in December 1849. "The Tartarus of Maids" was inspired by his visit to
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Paradise of Bachelors and Tartarus of Maids
Short story
Herman Melville
Harper's Magazine
short story
Herman Melville
Harper's Magazine
Temple Bar
An engraving of a room with book shelves.
Frederick Wentworth
Black and white photograph of a one-storey building with one door and five windows surrounded by leafless trees.
Inns of Court
Carson's Old Red Paper Mill
Dalton, Massachusetts
"Harper's Magazine as Matchmaker: Charles Dickens and Herman Melville"
"Historic American Buildings Survey, Index to Photographs"
ISBN
978-0-313-33286-9
An omnibus collection of Melville's short fiction
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