The Encantadas and Other Stories (Thrift Edition)
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Book Description
Best known as the creator of Captain Ahab and the great white whale of Moby-Dick, Herman Melville also wrote short stories for two of the nineteenth century’s leading monthly magazines, Harper's and Putnam's. This collection features 14 selections of his tales from those magazines--most prominently, "The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles," a series of descriptive sketches of the Galápagos Islands. The other stories showcase Melville's mastery of many forms, from poetry and satire to social criticism. These rediscovered tales by a writer ahead of his time offer a captivating blend of artistry and cultural commentary.
Contents
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! or, The Crowing of the Noble Cock Beneventano
The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles
The Two Temples
Poor Man’s Pudding and Rich Man’s Crumbs
The Happy Failure: A Story of the River Hudson
The Lightning-Rod Man
The Fiddler
The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids
The Bell-Tower
Jimmy Rose
I and My Chimney
The ’Gees
The Apple-Tree Table, or Original Spiritual Manifestations
The Piazza
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