The Piazza Tales

Herman Melville

• Stories
• Book language: English
• 205 pages

The Piazza Tales is an 1856 collection of short stories by Herman Melville. It includes 'Bartleby, the Scrivener,' along with sea mysteries, island sketches, and tales of obsession and solitude. The stories reward listeners with Melville's rich prose and probing questions about work, freedom, and human connection.

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