Billy Budd and the Piazza Tales
by Melville Herman
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0385082711
- ISBN 13
- 9780385082716
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Garden City , New York: Anchor Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1973. Mass Market Paperbac. 0385082711 . Mass Market Paperback, overall light soiling with a crease on the cover and spine creasing. Very clean text and no tearing. "First published in 1856, five years after the appearance of Moby Dick, The Piazza Tales comprises six of Herman Melville's finest short stories. Included are two sea tales that encompass the essence of Melville's art: 'Benito Cereno, ' an exhilarating account of mutiny and rescue aboard a disabled slave ship, which is a parable of man's struggle against the forces of evil, and 'The Encantadas, ' ten allegorical sketches of the Galapagos Islands, which reveal nature to be both enchanting and horrifying. Two pieces explore themes of isolation and defeat found in Melville's great novels: 'Bartleby, the Scrivener, ' a prophetically modern story of alienation and loss on nineteenth-century Wall Street, and 'The Bell-Tower, ' a Faustian tale about a Renaissance architect who brings about his own violent destruction. The other two works reveal Melville's mastery of very different writing styles: 'The Lightning-Rod Man, ' a satire showcasing his talent for Dickensian comedy, and 'The Piazza, ' the title story of the collection, which anticipates the author's later absorption with poetry. " ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 320 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2104
- Title
- Billy Budd and the Piazza Tales
- Author
- Melville Herman
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperbac
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0385082711
- ISBN 13
- 9780385082716
- Publisher
- Anchor Books
- Place of Publication
- Garden City , New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- 0385082711
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics; Literature; Short Stories; Fiction, Classics;
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