That story is a series of ten sketches about the Galapagos Islands, "The Encantadas."
The story which gives this collection its title features a narrator who encounters a girl named Marianna after climbing a mountain in search of fairies. Its final story tells of an architect named Bannadonna who is killed by a mechanism which he created for the titular bell tower. Another story discusses the two sides of tortoises as well as relating the tale of a stranded Chola widow, Hunilla. That story is a series of ten sketches about the Galapagos Islands, "The Encantadas." Also including a story about a slave rebellion on Amasa Delano's ship and one about a man who likes to say "I would prefer not to," for 10 points, name this short story collection including "Benito Cereno," "Bartleby, the Scrivener," and four other stories by Herman Melville.
The story which gives this collection its title features a narrator who encounters a girl named Marianna after climbing a mountain in search of fairies.
The {Piazza Tales}