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# Introduction ## Overview This entity represents the introduction to Herman Melville's "The Piazza Tales." It is a textual component, identified as an `intro` type, extracted from the file `the_piazza_tales.txt`. The introduction spans from line 1 to line 33 of the source text and is titled "Introduction." ## Context This introduction is part of the collection "[Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW)". It serves as the introductory material for the short story collection "[The Piazza Tales](arke:01KG8AJ9NXJ7YCJCWAH2W8FBFN)", which was originally published in 1856 by Dix & Edwards in New York and Sampson Low, Son & Co. in London. The introduction precedes the first chapter, "[THE PIAZZA.](arke:01KG8AJK1P91S74E5PM1TE53E5)". ## Contents The introduction contains publication details, including the author Herman Melville, and the publishers Dix & Edwards (New York) and Sampson Low, Son & Co. (London). It also lists the table of contents for "The Piazza Tales," which includes: "The Piazza," "Bartleby," "Benito Cereno," "The Lightning-Rod Man," "The Encantadas," and "The Bell-Tower."

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Introduction

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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