The critically acclaimed author of that behemoth of nineteenth-century fiction, Moby-Dick, Herman Melville was also an accomplished short story writer whom critics say did much to advance the form. The Piazza Tales collects many of Melville's...
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The critically acclaimed author of that behemoth of nineteenth-century fiction, Moby-Dick, Herman Melville was also an accomplished short story writer whom critics say did much to advance the form. The Piazza Tales collects many of Melville's best-known short works, including "Bartleby the Scrivener" and "Benito Cereno."
Title; Contents; The Piazza; Bartleby, the Scrivener; Benito Cereno; The Lightning-Rod Man; The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles; The Bell-Tower; Endnotes;
