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I and My Chimney: Stories

By Herman Melville
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By Herman Melville
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A short story from the Classic Shorts collection: The Happy Failure by Herman Melville

The narrative settles upon an old country house dominated by a vast central chimney twelve feet square at its base. Melville follows an aging country gentleman who dotes upon the masonry while his energetic wife schemes to abolish it.

The household becomes a quiet battleground between the narrator’s devotion and his family’s architectural ambitions. The story traces their standoff as a master-mason examine...