The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville, Fiction, Classics, Literary
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Included in this Herman Melville collection are six tales that range considerably — from "The Encantadas" (an allegorical travelogue) to the haunting "Bartleby, the Scrivener." Opening the volume is "The Piazza," a pastoral sketch that frames the collection. "Benito Cereno" — a subversive satire — of grows out of a true story of mutiny among the enslaved . . .
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1."The Piazza"
2."Bartleby the Scrivener" (first published in Putnam's November and December 1853)
3."Benito Cereno" (first published in Putnam's October, November and December 1855)
4."The Lightning-Rod Man" (first published in Putnam's August 1854)
5."The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles" (first published in Putnam's March, April, and May 1854)
6."The Bell-Tower" (first published in Putnam's August 1855)
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