The Piazza Tales

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Piazza Tales written by Herman Melville and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1856 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With fairest flowers, Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele-" When I removed into the country, it was to occupy an old-fashioned farm-house, which had no piazza-a deficiency the more regretted, because not only did I like piazzas, as somehow combining the coziness of in-doors with the freedom of out-doors, and it is so pleasant to inspect your thermometer there, but the country round about was such a picture, that in berry time no boy climbs hill or crosses vale without coming upon easels planted in every nook, and sun-burnt painters painting there. A very paradise of painters. The circle of the stars cut by the circle of the mountains. At least, so looks it from the house; though, once upon the mountains, no circle of them can you see. Had the site been chosen five rods off, this charmed ring would not have been. The house is old. Seventy years since, from the heart of the Hearth Stone Hills, they quarried the Kaaba, or Holy Stone, to which, each Thanksgiving, the social pilgrims used to come. So long ago, that, in digging for the foundation, the workmen used both spade and axe, fighting the Troglodytes of those subterranean parts-sturdy roots of a sturdy wood, encamped upon what is now a long land-slide of sleeping meadow, sloping away off from my poppy-bed. Of that knit wood, but one survivor stands-an elm, lonely through steadfastness.

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061922080
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Piazza written by Herman Melville and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Benito faltered; then, like some somnambulist suddenly interfered with, vacantly stared at his visitor, and ended by looking down on the deck. He maintained this posture so long, that Captain Delano, almost equally disconcerted, and involuntarily almost as rude, turned suddenly from him, walking forward to accost one of the Spanish seamen for the desired information. But he had hardly gone five paces, when with a sort of eagerness Don Benito invited him back, regretting his momentary absence of mind, and professing readiness to gratify him.

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Piazza Tales written by Herman Melville and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-07 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When I removed into the country, it was to occupy an old-fashioned farm-house, which had no piazza-a deficiency the more regretted, because not only did I likepiazzas, as somehow combining the coziness of in-doors with the freedom of outdoors, and it is so pleasant to inspect your thermometer there, but the countryround about was such a picture, that in berry time no boy climbs hill or crosses valewithout coming upon easels planted in every nook, and sun-burnt painters paintingthere. A very paradise of painters. The circle of the stars cut by the circle of themountains. At least, so looks it from the house; though, once upon the mountains, no circle of them can you see. Had the site been [pg 002] chosen five rods off, thischarmed ring would not have been.The house is old. Seventy years since, from the heart of the Hearth Stone Hills, theyquarried the Kaaba, or Holy Stone, to which, each Thanksgiving, the social pilgrimsused to come. So long ago, that, in digging for the foundation, the workmen usedboth spade and axe, fighting the Troglodytes of those subterranean parts-sturdyroots of a sturdy wood, encamped upon what is now a long land-slide of sleepingmeadow, sloping away off from my poppy-bed. Of that knit wood, but one survivorstands-an elm, lonely through steadfastnes

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Piazza Tales written by Herman Melville and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Cerenno" -- a subversive satire -- of grows out of a true story of mutiny among the enslaved . . .

Author : Elizabeth Spencer
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1617030724
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Light in the Piazza and Other Italian Tales written by Elizabeth Spencer and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth Spencer is captivated by Italy. For her it has been a second home. A one-time resident who returns there, this native-born Mississippian has found Italy to be an enchanting land whose culture lends itself powerfully to her artistic vision. Some of her most acclaimed work is set there. Her American characters encounter but never quite wholly adjust to the mysteries of the Italian mores. Collected here in one volume are Spencer's six Italian tales. Their plots are so alluring and enigmatic that Boccaccio would have been charmed by their delightful ironies and their sinister contrasts of dark and light. Spencer is grounded in two bases—Italy and the American South. Her characters too, mostly southerners, rove in search of connection and fulfillment. In The Light in the Piazza (a novella which has become both Spencer's signature piece and a Hollywood film) a stranger from North Carolina, traveling with her beautiful daughter, encounters the intoxicating beauty of sunlit Florence and discovers a deep conflict in the moral dilemma it presents. “I think this work has great charm,” Spencer has said, “and it probably is the real thing, a work written under great compulsion, while I was under the spell of Italy. But it took me, all told, about a month to write.” In Knights and Dragons (another novella and a companion piece to The Light in the Piazza) an American woman in Rome and Venice struggles for release from her husband's sinister control over her. Spencer sets this tale in the cold and wintry dark and here portrays the other face of Italy. In “The Cousins,” “The Pincian Gate,” “The White Azalea,” and “The Visit,” Spencer shows the exceptional artistry that has merited acclaim for her as one of America's first-class writers of the short story. The Light in the Piazza may long be the work for which she is most recognized. In 2005, the Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater in New York City staged a musical adaptation of this novella. The production brought together the talents of Adam Guettel (music and lyrics) and Craig Lucas (book), while director Bartlett Sher made his Lincoln Center debut. That year the musical won six of the eleven Tony awards it was nominated for. It was thereafter produced on stages across the globe and eventually returned to Lincoln Center in 2016 for a reunion of its original cast as a benefit concert.

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780451530813
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Billy Budd and Other Tales written by Herman Melville and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A master of the american short story Included in this rich collection are: The Piazza, Bartleby the Scrivener, Benito Cereno, The Lightning-Rod Man, The Encantadas, The Bell-Tower, and The Town-Ho's Story.

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN 13 : 384960361X
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Israel Potter: His Fifty Years Of Exile (Annotated Edition) written by Herman Melville and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2012 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the extended and annotated edition including an extensive biographical annotation about the author and his life. When Israel Potter leaves his plough to fight in the American Revolution, he's immediately thrown into the Battle of Bunker Hill, where he receives multiple wounds. However, this does not deter him, and after hearing a rousing speech by General George Washington, he volunteers for further duty, this time at sea, where more ill fortune awaits him. Israel is captured by the British Navy and taken to England. Yet, he makes his escape, and this triggers a series of extraordinary events and meetings with remarkable people. Along the way, Israel encounters King George III, who takes a liking to the Yankee rebel and shelters him in Kew Gardens; Benjamin Franklin, who presses Israel into service as a spy; John Paul Jones, who invites Israel to join his crew aboard The Ranger; and Ethan Allen, whom Israel attempts to free from a British prison. (from wikipedia.com)

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Piazza Tales written by Herman Melville and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Piazza Tales" by Herman Melville. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : First Avenue Editions ™
ISBN 13 : 1541547748
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bartleby, the Scrivener written by Herman Melville and published by First Avenue Editions ™. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered one of the greatest American writers, Herman Melville leaves the sea behind in this short story collection to write about Wall Street offices, the Galapagos Islands, a sinister architect, apathy, capitalism, and humanity's precarious nature. In "Bartleby, the Scrivener," a Manhattan lawyer struggles with a clerk who "prefers not" to do work or leave the office building. In "Benito Cereno," a captain stumbles upon a Spanish slave ship off the coast of Chile, whose captain has been overthrown in a revolt. The short story collection also includes "The Piazza," "The Lightning-Rod Man," "The Encantadas," and the "Bell-Tower." This is an unabridged version of the 1856 edition.

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 1443435074
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lightning-Rod Man written by Herman Melville and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an unnamed narrator opens his door to a lightning-rod salesman, the two become involved in a philosophical discussion about faith and the will of God. The salesman claims that the copper rod will protect its owner from the very lightning that the narrator believes to be an act of God. As they argue, and the narrator laughs off the explanations, the salesman becomes increasingly and violently angry. The allegorical nature of Herman Melville’s tale explores the ideas of good and evil, and faith in God before faith in fear. This story was included as part of Melville’s collection The Piazza Tales. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.