The Piazza Tales
Gelesen von John Greenman
Herman Melville
(3,812 Sterne; 8 Bewertungen)
A collection of six short stories by American writer Herman Melville, published in May 1856. Except for the newly written title story, "The Piazza," all of the stories had appeared in Putnam's Monthly between 1853 and 1855. The collection includes what has long been regarded as three of Melville's most important achievements in the genre of short fiction, "Bartleby, the Scrivener", "Benito Cereno", and "The Encantadas", his sketches of the Galápagos Islands. (Billy Budd, arguably his greatest piece of short fiction, would remain unpublished in his lifetime.) One should note that the era's prevalent racism occasionally surfaces, as in describing blacks as "indisputable inferiors", to be found in "Benito Cereno". (Summary by John Greenman) (9 hr 45 min)
Chapters
Chapter 5-D - The Encantadas - Sketch Fourth. A Pisgah View from the Rock.
18:15
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Chapter 5-E - The Encantadas - Sketch Fifth. The Frigate, and the Flyaway.
4:20
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Chapter 5-F - The Encantadas - Sketch Sixth. Barrington Isle and the Buccaneers.
8:15
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Chapter 5-G - The Encantadas - Sketch Seventh. Charles's Isle and the Dog-King.
13:36
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Chapter 5-H - The Encantadas - Sketch Eighth. Norfolk Isle and the Chola Widow.
37:04
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Chapter 5-I - The Encantadas - Sketch Ninth. Hood's Isle and the Hermit Oberlus.
25:13
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Chapter 5-J - The Encantadas - Sketch Tenth. Runaways, Castaways, Solitaries, G…
10:24
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Bewertungen
An excellent collection of stories
Seven Archers
(5 Sterne)
A great collection of short stories by Melville, but a side of the author I wasn't aware of. Mr John Greenman does a great job of story telling and is one of my favorite readers at LibriVox. I highly recommend it.