The Piazza Tales

Synopsis

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.