Bartleby, The Scrivener: A Story Of Wall-Street by Herman Melville

3.73 AVERAGE

cicciapallaa's review against another edition

3.0
Bello ma not my cup of tea
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ghost_grandpa's review against another edition

4.0
funny mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lookitsbex's review against another edition

3.0
challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

joey_schafer's review against another edition

3.0
mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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jonathanovd's review against another edition

4.0
dark reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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n0r_rie's review against another edition

2.5
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

angielina's review against another edition

2.0
Yes I was forced to read this and yes I hated it.

kulman's review against another edition

4.0
Moving and somewhat witty story. Despite its shortness I managed to feel sympathy towards narrator for his humanity as well as much pity for the scrivener. Along with narrator You can't help but be grabbed by Bartleby's enigmatic behaviour.
I've noticed there's some struggle for over-interpretation of this little work, which is pointless imo. It's just simply good short story.
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sharonus's review against another edition

3.0
challenging mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
I have heard the main character of this book discussed as someone who "rejects capitalism."  I can't say I agree with that.  It's not like he does the minimum at his job and uses all the money and time he has to go out in the world and enjoy life.  Instead, he
stays in an office doing nothing but staring at a blank wall.  When he is ejected from the office he stands on a stair in the hall unmoving. Finally, he is taken to prison where he stands in the yard until he dies of starvation having "preferred not to" eat.  He's not a hero--he literally sounds mentally ill.
  Honestly, I found the story mildly interesting, but--in my humble opinion--a commentary on the working class it was not.  

aj_langley's review against another edition

3.0
mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes