{"product_id":"the-piazza-tales-by-herman-herman-melville-9781603120265","title":"The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville, Fiction, Classics, Literary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExcept for the title story, \"The Piazza,\" all of the stories had appeared in Putnam's Monthly, the first being Bartleby, the Scrivener in 1853.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelville had originally intended to entitle the volume Benito Cereno and Other Sketches, but it was The Encantadas, his sketches of the Galápagos Islands, that garnered the most attention from critics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluded in this collection are six tales that range considerably -- from \"The Encantadas\" (an allegorical travelogue) to the haunting \"Bartleby, the Scrivener.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpening the volume is \"The Piazza,\" a pastoral sketch that frames the collection. \"Benito Cerenno\" -- a subversive satire -- it grows out of a true story of mutiny among the enslaved . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Herman Melville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1603120262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603120265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aegypan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Herman Melville","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659478970623,"sku":"9781603120265","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d9c9f08d-a935-4f31-8420-ca798ad398aa.jpg?v=1781201486","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-piazza-tales-by-herman-herman-melville-9781603120265","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}