The Piazza Tales: Herman Melville (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781484885512)

The Piazza Tales is a collection of Herman Melville short stories including: The Piazza, Bartleby, the Scrivener, Benito Cereno, The Lightning-Rod Man, The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles, The Bell-Tower. Herman Melville was an American writer of novels, short stories and poetry. Melville was a schoolteacher for a short time and a seaman. On his first voyage he jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands. His first book, Typee, was an account of that time and became a bestseller and Melville became known as the "man who lived among the cannibals." Public indifference to Moby-Dick put an end to his career as a popular author. It was not until the "Melville Revival" in the early 20th century that his work won recognition.

Author: Herman Melville
ISBN-10: 1484885511
ISBN-13: 9781484885512
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/04/2013
Pages: 204
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.43d