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This volume, first published in 1856, includes three of the tales widely considered to be among Melville's masterpieces. In 'Bartleby, the Scrivener', a Wall Street lawyer hires a melancholy young clerk called Bartleby, whose sudden and mysterious refusal to work plunges the... Read Full Overview

In this new edition of The Piazza Tales, the editors of the acclaimed Northwestern-Newberry Edition of the Writings of Herman Melville have used the original magazine versions for five of the six stories in order to present the most accurate tests of these works. Here,... Read Full Overview

The Piazza Tales is a collection of six short stories by American writer Herman Melville, published by Dix & Edwards in the United States in May 1856 and in Britain in June. Except for the newly written title story, "The Piazza," all of the stories had appeared in Putnam's Monthly... Read Full Overview

Herman Melville's The Piazza Talesis the only collection of short fiction that he published in his lifetime, and it includes his two most famous short stories, "Bartleby, the Scrivener" and "Benito Cereno," along with the less well-known but deeply engaging sketches of the Galapagos... Read Full Overview

The Piazza Tales (1856) is a collection of short stories by American writer Herman Melville. Before publication, five of its six stories appeared in Putnam's Monthly during a period of productivity with which Melville sought to achieve popular success as a writer... Read Full Overview

Here, in a new, beautifully laid-out, easy-to-read edition is Herman Melville's classic novella The Piazza . Originally published by Herman Melville in 1856 as part of his short story collection, The Piazza is the quintessential Melvillean tale, showing a man confronted with... Read Full Overview

The Piazza Tales (1856) is the only collection of short stories by American writer Herman Melville.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

The Piazza Tales (1856) is the only collection of short stories by American writer Herman Melville.

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" -... Read Full Overview

Herman Melville had just completed his novel Pierre when the public intense reaction to this novel forced him into seclusion. Herman Melville was an 18th century American novelist, poet, essayist and short story writer. He is best known for his works Moby Dick and Typee. During... Read Full Overview