Full Description
This is the only short-story collection published by Melville during his lifetime. The present text is that of the first publication (all but the titular piece first appeared in Putnam's Magazine from 1853 to 1855). The volume includes a chronology and is accompanied by 222 explanatory notes.
Contents
Introduction; Chronology; Note on the text; The Piazza Tales; The Piazza; Bartleby, the Scrivener. A Tale of Wall-Street; Benito Cereno; The Lightning-Rod Man; The Encantadas, or, Enchanted Isles; Sketch First: The Isles at Large; Sketch Second: Two Sides to a Tortoise; Sketch Third: Rock Rodondo; Sketch Fourth: A Pisgah View from the Rock; Sketch Fifth: The Frigate, and Ship Flyaway; Sketch Sixth: Barrington Isle and the Bucaneers; Sketch Seventh: Charles' Isle and the Dog-King; Sketch Eigth: Norfolk Isle and the Chola Widow; Sketch Ninth: Hood's Isle and the Hermit Oberlus; Sketch Tenth: Runaways, Castaways, Solitaries, Grave-Stones, etc.; The Bell-Tower
