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Piazza Tales

A collection of six short stories by American writer Herman Melville, published in May 1856. Except for the newly written title story, "The Piazza," all of the stories had appeared in Putnam's Monthly between 1853 and 1855. The collection includes what has long been regarded as three of Melville's most important achievements in the genre of short fiction, "Bartleby, the Scrivener", "Benito Cereno", and "The Encantadas", his sketches of the Galápagos Islands. (Billy Budd, arguably his greatest piece of short fiction, would remain unpublished in his lifetime.) One should note that the era's prevalent racism occasionally surfaces, as in describing blacks as "indisputable inferiors", to be found in "Benito Cereno". (Summary by John Greenman)

Year of Publication: 1856Genres: Culture & Heritage Fiction,Single Author Collections,Humorous Fiction

Running Time: 09 hours 45 minutes 28 seconds(19 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: John Greenman

#	Chapter Name
	Chapter 1 - The Piazza John Greenman	41:25
	Chapter 2A - Bartleby Part 1 John Greenman	57:51
	Chapter 2B - Bartleby Part 2 John Greenman	45:02
	Chapter 3A - Benito Cereno Part 1 John Greenman	1:01:48
	Chapter 3B - Benito Cereno Part 2 John Greenman	1:05:25
	Chapter 3C - Benito Cereno Part 3 John Greenman	53:13
	Chapter 3D - Benito Cereno Part 4 John Greenman	44:06
	Chapter 4 - The Lightning-Rod Man John Greenman	19:17
	Chapter 5-A - The Encantadas - Sketch First. The Isles at Large. John Greenman	14:37
	Chapter 5-B - The Encantadas - Sketch Second. Two Sides to a Tortoise John Greenman	10:46
	Chapter 5-C - The Encantadas - Sketch Third. Rock Rodondo John Greenman	13:31
	Chapter 5-D - The Encantadas - Sketch Fourth. A Pisgah View from the Rock. John Greenman	18:15
	Chapter 5-E - The Encantadas - Sketch Fifth. The Frigate, and the Flyaway. John Greenman	4:20
	Chapter 5-F - The Encantadas - Sketch Sixth. Barrington Isle and the Buccaneers. John Greenman	8:15
	Chapter 5-G - The Encantadas - Sketch Seventh. Charles's Isle and the Dog-King. John Greenman	13:36
	Chapter 5-H - The Encantadas - Sketch Eighth. Norfolk Isle and the Chola Widow. John Greenman	37:04
	Chapter 5-I - The Encantadas - Sketch Ninth. Hood's Isle and the Hermit Oberlus. John Greenman	25:13
	Chapter 5-J - The Encantadas - Sketch Tenth. Runaways, Castaways, Solitaries, Grave-stones, etc. John Greenman	10:24
	Chapter 6 - The Bell-Tower John Greenman	41:20