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- # THE FIDDLER
## Overview
This segment, titled "THE FIDDLER," is a textual excerpt from _Putnam’s Monthly Magazine_, published in September 1854. It spans lines 122-123 of its source file and is identified as a distinct component within a larger literary work.
## Context
"THE FIDDLER" is part of the novel [Billy Budd and Other Prose Pieces](arke:01KG8AJ7CG8SS24T79X9YN19QH), which is itself contained within the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The segment was extracted from the digital file [billy_budd.txt](arke:01KG89J1FFTGRE9J93Z3K29NGY). It follows the segment [THE HAPPY FAILURE, A STORY OF THE RIVER HUDSON](arke:01KG8AJS5V72GX0YTKP32RTE93), which appeared in _Harper’s New Monthly Magazine_ in July 1854, and precedes the segment [THE PARADISE OF BACHELORS AND THE TARTARUS OF MAIDS](arke:01KG8AJSVDF3QBYFVGGC3EHX9R), published in _Harper’s New Monthly Magazine_ in April 1855.
## Contents
The segment contains the title "THE FIDDLER" along with its publication details: "_Putnam’s Monthly Magazine_, September 1854" and a page number "220." This indicates it is likely a bibliographic entry or a heading for a short story or essay by that title.
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