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The Piazza Tales
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Title: The Piazza Tales The Piazza; Bartleby; Benito Cereno; The Lightning-Rod Man; The Encantadas, Or, Enchanted Islands; The Bell-Tower
Author: Herman Melville
Release Date: May 18, 2005 [eBook #15859]
Language: English
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THE PIAZZA TALES
by
HERMAN MELVILLE,
Author of "Typee," "Omoo," etc., etc., etc.
New York; Dix & Edwards, 321 Broadway. London: Sampson Low, Son & Co. Miller & Holman, Printers & Stereotypers, N.Y.
1856
CONTENTS
THE PIAZZA
BARTLEBY
BENITO CERENO
THE LIGHTNING-ROD MAN
THE ENCANTADAS; OR, ENCHANTED ISLANDS
THE BELL-TOWER
THE PIAZZA.
"With fairest flowers, Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele--"
When I removed into the country, it was to occupy an old-fashioned farm-house, which had no piazza--a deficiency the more regretted, because not only did I like piazzas, as somehow combining the coziness of in-doors with the freedom of out-doors, and it is so pleasant to inspect your thermometer there, but the country round about was such a picture, that in berry time no boy climbs hill or crosses vale without coming upon easels planted in every nook, and sun