author：Herman Melville
The latest chapter：I and My Chimney
Book description：One of the uncollected short stories (now found in several anthologies) of Herman Melville. It was published in Putnam's Monthly Magazine in 1856. The story is interesting because, like all of Melville's writing, it is incredibly deep and multi-faceted. The story is told in first person, with the narrator describing himself as an old man who loves his pipe and his chimney. The chimney sits right in the middle of his massive house, and is itself of amazing girth: 144 square feet at the base. His wife, however, finds it to be a nuisance and spends much of the story attempting to remove the chimney in one way or another. To tell you any more would be futile; you must read all of the story, pay attention to the language, and keep in mind pervading themes that permeate Melville's literature.
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