The Piazza Tales

First published in 1856, The Piazza Tales is a masterful collection of short stories by Herman Melville that highlights his brilliance beyond the novel and his deep engagement with the moral and psychological tensions of human life. This collection brings together six powerful and diverse works: "The Piazza," "Bartleby, the Scrivener," "Benito Cereno," "The Lightning-Rod Man," "The Encantadas,"...