The Piazza Tales is a collection of Herman Melville short stories including: The Piazza, Bartleby, the Scrivener, Benito Cereno, The Lightning-Rod Man, The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles, The Bell-Tower. Herman Melville was an American writer of novels, short stories and poetry. Melville was a schoolteacher for a short time and a seaman. On his first voyage he jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands. His first book, Typee, was an account of that time and became a bestseller and Melville became known as the \"man who lived among the cannibals.\" Public indifference to Moby-Dick put an end to his career as a popular author. It was not until the \"Melville Revival\" in the early 20th century that his work won recognition. | The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville, Paperback | Indigo Chapters