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Title: The Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces, 1839-1860 (Writings of Herman Melville, Vol 9) by Herman Melville, Harrison Hayford, G. Thomas Tanselle, Hershel Parker ISBN: 0-8101-0551-9 Publisher: Northwestern University Press Pub. Date: September, 1987 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $38.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: The Lighting-Rod Man
Comment: The Lighting-Rod Man is one of Melville's lesser known stories. Despite the cold, dark setting, it is more comical than most of his works other works. This satire tells about one door-to-door salesman, and how annoying, pushy, and arrogant he was to his perspective customer (Doesn't seem like a lot has change since then), and how he ends up getting thrown out of the house.
The story The Lighting-Rod Man jumps right into the story in the first paragraph and just goes, which makes it much easier to get into and a much easier read for those that have a hard time getting started reading. I feel that it is worthy buying The Piazza Tales even if you just read this one story let alone the five other stories.

Rating: 5
Summary: brillaint and terrifying
Comment: Put simply, this is the best collection of short stories by any American author.

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