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The Piazza Tales

The Piazza Tales

by Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

BookID: 15859

Language:English

Contents:The Piazza -- Bartleby -- Benito Cereno -- The Lightning-Rod Man -- The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles -- The Bell-Tower.

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 64.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Short storiesManners and customs -- Fiction

Description

"The Piazza Tales" by Herman Melville is a collection of six short stories published in 1856. Originally appearing in Putnam's Monthly Magazine between 1853 and 1855, these tales include three of Melville's most celebrated works of short fiction: "Bartleby, the Scrivener," "Benito Cereno," and "The Encantadas." Written after the harsh reception of his novels "Moby-Dick" and "Pierre," this collection showcases Melville's mastery of the short story form during a difficult period in his literary career. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

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