The Piazza Tales

Included in this Herman Melville collection are six tales that range considerably - from "The Encantadas" (an allegorical travelogue) to the haunting "Bartleby, the Scrivener". Opening the volume is "The Piazza," a pastoral sketch that frames the collection. "Benito Cereno" - a subversive satire - of grows out of a true story of mutiny among the enslaved.