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# Introduction ## Overview This entity represents the introduction to Herman Melville's collection of short stories, "The Piazza Tales." It includes the title page information, publication details, and a table of contents. The introduction spans from line 1 to line 33 of the source file. ## Context This introduction is part of the larger work "[The Piazza Tales](arke:01KG6YFYZ22TKC7DNP0M5XSK81)," a collection of short stories by Herman Melville. The text was extracted from the file "[the_piazza_tales.txt](arke:01KG6YDDF6PTWG4P7JTS5THSTD)" and is included within the "[Melville](arke:01KG6YCG626JN4FCG8QK17CQCF)" collection. This introduction precedes the first story, "[THE PIAZZA.](arke:01KG6YGB7ZRMGN7B1MPH0Y1BQ2)". ## Contents The introduction contains the following information: * **Title:** "The Piazza Tales" * **Author:** Herman Melville * **Publisher:** Dix & Edwards, New York; Sampson Low, Son & Co., London * **Printer:** Miller & Holman, New York * **Publication Year:** 1856 * **Table of Contents:** Listing the stories included in the collection: "The Piazza," "Bartleby," "Benito Cereno," "The Lightning-Rod Man," "The Encantadas," and "The Bell-Tower."

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The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville Author of “Typee,” “Omoo,” etc., etc., etc. New York; Dix & Edwards, 321 Broadway. London: Sampson Low, Son & Co. Miller & Holman, Printers & Stereotypers, N.Y. 1856 Contents The Piazza Bartleby Benito Cereno The Lightning-Rod Man The Encantadas The Bell-Tower

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Introduction