{"product_id":"2940157429225","title":"Herman Melville The Piazza Tales","description":"The Piazza\u003cbr\u003eBartleby, The Scrivener\u003cbr\u003eBenito Cereno\u003cbr\u003eThe Lightning-Rod Man\u003cbr\u003eThe Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles\u003cbr\u003eThe Bell-Tower\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnlike Melville's earlier works, The Piazza Tales is not a full-length novel or novella, but a collection of six short pieces. One of these, The Piazza, was written by Melville to serve as a title piece to the volume; the other five had previously been published in Putnam's Monthly Magazine. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe collection includes what has long been regarded as the author's three most important achievements in short fiction, ''Bartleby, the Scrivener'', ''Benito Cereno'', and ''The Encantadas'', his sketches of the Galapagos Islands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe started writing short stories to provide for his family following the disastrous critical reception of Moby Dick on its first publication in 1851. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis career as a writer had been in something of a decline from the start, and yet as he became less and less successful, he produced the works for which he is now held in the very highest regard: a brilliant artist who could tap into our collective psyche; landmarks of nineteenth century American literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHERMAN MELVILLE (1819–1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, poet, sailor, and customs inspector. The author of numerous classic novels, essays, and short stories, he is perhaps best known for Moby Dick, Typee, The Confidence Man, Redburn, Clarel, Bartleby, the Scrivener, and Billy Budd. He is considered a literary colossus, and a central figure in the development of the modern novel.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An intensely controlled work, formally one of the most nearly perfect things Melville ever did.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Hershel Parker","brand":"Editions Artisan Devereaux, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115039998192,"sku":"2940157429225","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157429225_p0.jpg?v=1764095726","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157429225","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}