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- # The Piazza Tales
## Overview
"The Piazza Tales" is a collection of short stories by Herman Melville, extracted from the plain text file [the_piazza_tales.txt](arke:01KG6YDDF6PTWG4P7JTS5THSTD). This entity represents the structured content of the entire collection, spanning from line 1 to 8602 of its source file.
## Context
This collection is part of the larger [Melville](arke:01KG6YCG626JN4FCG8QK17CQCF) collection, which aims to compile the complete works of Herman Melville. The structural extraction of "The Piazza Tales" was performed on January 30, 2026, by an automated process.
## Contents
"The Piazza Tales" includes an [Introduction](arke:01KG6YGB7XQZV53QDBFN6E736D) and several distinct stories, each represented as a chapter or section within the collection:
* [THE PIAZZA.](arke:01KG6YGB7ZRMGN7B1MPH0Y1BQ2)
* [BARTLEBY.](arke:01KG6YGB7ZQ9TDECCV6B9DR6PT)
* [Bartleby](arke:01KG6YGB7ZZ4F251SWKNDDK547)
* [BENITO CERENO.](arke:01KG6YGB7Z3K8B6BYJGR83VQN5)
* [Benito Cereno](arke:01KG6YGB7ZTSMEMJ6J7EZPHPRP)
* [THE LIGHTNING-ROD MAN.](arke:01KG6YGB7Z2K80VSW6KH8Q6MN2)
* [The Lightning-Rod Man](arke:01KG6YGB83HAC2343Y4JRA591H)
* [THE ENCANTADAS; OR, ENCHANTED ISLES](arke:01KG6YGB83WRZ07NKJTH5HW663), which further contains:
* [SKETCH FIRST. THE ISLES AT LARGE.](arke:01KG6YGB83SGTE6GKMN30DTFB7)
* [SKETCH SECOND. TWO SIDES TO A TORTOISE.](arke:01KG6YGBW6B228XAMTA9A8JMT8)
* [SKETCH THIRD. ROCK RODONDO.](arke:01KG6YGBW6GAC082J1TCC47K17)
* [SKETCH FOURTH. A PISGAH VIEW FROM THE ROCK.](arke:01KG6YGBW6TDDHGY5MJRJDQ5QF)
* [SKETCH FIFTH. THE FRIGATE, AND SHIP FLYAWAY.](arke:01KG6YGBW4TANRFFG28PH3EBH2)
* [SKETCH SIXTH. BARRINGTON ISLE AND THE BUCCANEERS.](arke:01KG6YGBW6E282H1DWEQK3EJYM)
* [SKETCH SEVENTH. CHARLES’S ISLE AND THE DOG-KING.](arke:01KG6YGBW6KM24V82VYQXVPCED)
* [SKETCH EIGHTH. NORFOLK ISLE AND THE CHOLA WIDOW.](arke:01KG6YGBW64SSAS79QA39H0635)
* [The Encantadas](arke:01KG6YGBWB5CFKRR9ZHSC2Z95T)
* [SKETCH TENTH. RUNAWAYS, CASTAWAYS, SOLITARIES, GRAVE-STONES, ETC.](arke:01KG6YGBWDKWCAV7YK6T6GXQSW)
* [SKETCH NINTH. HOOD’S ISLE AND THE HERMIT OBERLUS.](arke:01KG6YGBWBP27MZM102JNCMSXJ)
* [THE BELL-TOWER.](arke:01KG6YGCCBQ15QDEM5CEG7CHSQ)
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