The Piazza Tales

The Piazza Tales

By Herman Melville
Michael Caine
Listen with Sir Michael Caine™ and 1,000+ voices
Length9h 2m

About this audiobook

The Piazza Tales is a collection of six short stories by American writer Herman Melville. This works contains some of Melville's best known shorter works, consisting of six short stories: "The Piazza," "Bartleby," "Benito Cereno," "The Lightning-Rod Man," "The Encantadas" and "The Bell-Tower," and a brief biographical sketch that contributes to one's reading of the texts. While the sea is the natural setting for many of Melville's best known works, only two of these stories take place on the waters – "The Encantadas" and "Benito Cereno." (Goodreads)

Audiobook details

GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length9 hrs 2 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 8, 2021
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1THE PIAZZA
5THE LIGHTNING-ROD MAN
2BARTLEBY
6THE ENCANTADAS
3BENITO CERENO (pt. 1)
7THE BELL-TOWER
4BENITO CERENO (pt. 2)

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