1.19k reviews for:

Bartleby, The Scrivener: A Story Of Wall-Street

Herman Melville

3.73 AVERAGE

blancagcp's review against another edition

4.0

funny mysterious reflective sad 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

mireillerb's review against another edition

5.0

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Estoicismo personificado.

caleboh_1's review against another edition

3.0

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I get it. Passive resistance, yadda yadda. Slog to read. My edition had such an abysmal font I wanted to die.

yuukat's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

fr_eddie's review against another edition

3.0

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3,75 mi sarebbe piaciuto che la parte finale fosse un po' più lunga, ma bello.

Bartleby pazzo pazzissimo, ma non per questo mi ha messo a disagio o dato fastidio. Questo libro mi sembra come osservare la mente, anche se da lontano, di un personaggio particolare.

Lo consiglierei? Sì, è una lettura veloce e simpatica

jonisbookquest's review against another edition

3.0

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3,5*

aftaerglows's review against another edition

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è sempre un dispiacere non riuscire ad apprezzare un classico amato da tante persone, ma ho provato a leggere bartleby diverse volte e non sono mai andata oltre le 10 pagine. con l'audiolibro finalmente sono riuscita a fare progressi ma non l'ho apprezzato comunque. sarà la scrittura, sarà la noia, sarà la connessione che ho fatto tra questo libro e il vecchio e il mare (durante entrambe le letture il mio cervello pensava alla stessa cosa: che due palle) ma non andiamo d'accordo, meglio il riassunto di wikipedia. magari riproverò tra dieci anni.

bookmaster4's review against another edition

3.0

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Not super interesting, definitely repetitive and lots of words I had to look up. I read it for school so that might be part of it but overall I wasn’t really a fan.

maria_borges1507's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

cinnamonspy's review against another edition

2.5

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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While I am not a fan of Melville in his choice of stories to write about nor his writing style, this story is good example of Melville's satanist worldview (fighting against God because He is unjust).