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The Piazza Tales 9789358012163 It laid the groundwork for"The Piazza Tales" is a collection of six short stories written by Herman Melville. The first story, "The Piazza," is about a narrator who buys a house in the countryside and builds a piazza. He spends much of his time on the piazza, watching his neighbors and contemplating the mysteries of life. The second story, "Bartleby, the Scrivener," is about a lawyer who hires a scrivener named Bartleby. Bartleby is a very strange man who eventually refuses to