{"id":"01KG6YGB7XQZV53QDBFN6E736D","cid":"bafkreicxgczsmhufxrjbbw7xnz4yzlmjjvk4zzbw2ieuki2m3yaih454ii","type":"intro","properties":{"description":"# Introduction\n## Overview\nThis entity represents the introduction to Herman Melville's collection of short stories, \"The Piazza Tales.\" It includes the title page information, publication details, and a table of contents. The introduction spans from line 1 to line 33 of the source file.\n\n## Context\nThis introduction is part of the larger work \"[The Piazza Tales](arke:01KG6YFYZ22TKC7DNP0M5XSK81),\" a collection of short stories by Herman Melville. The text was extracted from the file \"[the_piazza_tales.txt](arke:01KG6YDDF6PTWG4P7JTS5THSTD)\" and is included within the \"[Melville](arke:01KG6YCG626JN4FCG8QK17CQCF)\" collection. This introduction precedes the first story, \"[THE PIAZZA.](arke:01KG6YGB7ZRMGN7B1MPH0Y1BQ2)\".\n\n## Contents\nThe introduction contains the following information:\n*   **Title:** \"The Piazza Tales\"\n*   **Author:** Herman Melville\n*   **Publisher:** Dix & Edwards, New York; Sampson Low, Son & Co., London\n*   **Printer:** Miller & Holman, New York\n*   **Publication Year:** 1856\n*   **Table of Contents:** Listing the stories included in the collection: \"The Piazza,\" \"Bartleby,\" \"Benito Cereno,\" \"The Lightning-Rod Man,\" \"The Encantadas,\" and \"The Bell-Tower.\"","description_generated_at":"2026-01-30T07:58:21.486Z","description_model":"gemini-2.5-flash-lite","description_title":"Introduction","end_line":33,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T07:57:25.492Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Introduction","source_file":"01KG6YDDF6PTWG4P7JTS5THSTD","start_line":1,"text":"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Piazza Tales\r\n\r\nby Herman Melville\r\n\r\nAuthor of “Typee,” “Omoo,” etc., etc., etc.\r\n\r\n\r\nNew York;\r\nDix & Edwards, 321 Broadway.\r\nLondon: Sampson Low, Son & Co.\r\nMiller & Holman,\r\nPrinters & Stereotypers, N.Y.\r\n\r\n\r\n1856\r\n\r\n\r\nContents\r\n\r\n The Piazza\r\n Bartleby\r\n Benito Cereno\r\n The Lightning-Rod Man\r\n The Encantadas\r\n The Bell-Tower\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r","title":"Introduction"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG6YFYZ22TKC7DNP0M5XSK81","peer_type":"short_story","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG6YDDF6PTWG4P7JTS5THSTD","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG6YCG626JN4FCG8QK17CQCF","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG6YGB7ZRMGN7B1MPH0Y1BQ2","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"next"}],"ver":3,"created_at":"2026-01-30T07:57:25.629Z","ts":"2026-01-30T07:58:21.650Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF5C36SQEVDHC9CBNZZJH9K"}}