Bartleby, the Scrivener
A Story of Wall-street
Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · November 1, 2012
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- Who it’s for
- A spare office story turns one polite refusal into an enduring literary puzzle.
- Genres
- Short Stories (Single Author), The Classics, Literary Fiction
- Published
- Start Publishing LLC, November 1, 2012
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Bartleby the Scrivener (1853), by Herman Melville, tells the story of a quiet, hardworking legal copyist who works in an office in the Wall Street area of New York City. One day Bartleby declines the assignment his employer gives him with the inscrutable "I would prefer not." The utterance of this remark sets off a confounding set of actions and behavior, making the unsettling character of Bartleby one of Melville's most enigmatic and unforgettable creations.
The Quiet Refusal
A spare office story turns one polite refusal into an enduring literary puzzle.
Come here for
- A Wall Street office and one quietly disruptive refusal
- Melville’s knack for making ordinary behavior feel unsettling
Expect
- A quiet, hardworking copyist at the center of the mystery
- Confounding behavior, with no easy explanation
Where it sits
| Short Stories (Single Author) | 63% |
|---|---|
| Literary Fiction | 62% |
| The Classics | 56% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Short Story Anthologies
- The Classics
- Short Stories (Single Author)
- Authors
- Herman Melville, Mint Editions
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- November 1, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Short Story Anthologies