Piazza Tales

This volume, first published in 1856, collects three of Melville's most important pieces of prose fiction: 'Bartleby, the Scrivener', `Benito Cereno' and `The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles'. Also included in this volume are `The Lightning-Rod Man', `The Bell Tower' and a story written especially for the collection, `The Piazza'.