The Piazza Tales

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 . . .

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)