The Piazza Tales: Volume Nine

by Herman Melville

Book Overview

In this new edition of The Piazza Tales, the editors of the acclaimed Northwestern-Newberry Edition of the Writings of Herman Melville have used the original magazine versions for five of the six stories in order to present the most accurate tests of these works. Here, in such famous stories as "Bartleby, the Scrivener" and "The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles," we find Melville's imagination and style at its best. Of the less well-known tales,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810114674
• ISBN13: 9780810114678
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 187 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"