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About this audiobook
"The Piazza Tales" is a collection of stories by Herman Melville published in 1856. Of the stories contained in the book, five of six had previously appeared in Putnam’s Monthly magazine; only the title story, “The Piazza,” was original to the book. Melville began writing for Putnam’s Monthly when he could not find a publisher for his novel-length work after the critical and commercial failure of his seventh novel "Pierre". The stories included settings, experiences, and characters drawn from Melville’s own life, including his experiences on a whaling vessel, which informed short story “The Encantadas” as well as Melville’s most well-known novel "Moby Dick". Though critics at the time were not impressed by "The Piazza Tales", the modern-day rediscovery of Melville as a literary icon brought with it a renewed appreciation for this collection of shorter works.
(Source: sparknotes.com)
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Rating★★★★ 4.0 (9.4K)
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Action and Adventure, Literary Classics
Length9 hrs 3 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 15, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Piazza
5The Lightning-Rod Man
2Bartleby
6The Encantadas; Or, Enchanted Isles
3Benito Cereno (pt. 1)
7The Bell-Tower
4Benito Cereno (pt. 2)
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