Best of
Novels
1856
The Piazza Tales
Herman Melville - 1856
"Benito Cereno" -- a subversive satire -- of grows out of a true story of mutiny among the enslaved . . .1."The Piazza"2."Bartleby the Scrivener" (first published in Putnam's November and December 1853)3."Benito Cereno" (first published in Putnam's October, November and December 1855)4."The Lightning-Rod Man" (first published in Putnam's August 1854)5."The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles" (first published in Putnam's March, April, and May 1854)6."The Bell-Tower" (first published in Putnam's August 1855)
John Halifax, Gentleman
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik - 1856
John Halifax, Gentleman, one of the most beloved novels of the Victorian period, is now available in an annotated modern edition that includes a wide variety of historical documents.