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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
challenging
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Kort, absurd och underhållande novell om Bartleby, mannen som genom sin passivitet lät omständigheterna diktera sitt öde.
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
Bartleby is a new recruit into a Wall Street lawyer's firm and starts of quiet and hard-working before eventually doing less and less while saying "I prefer not to" and nothing much else. The passive non-compliance is bewildering to everyone, reader included, and the quiet obstinance leads to people around him taking quite drastic actions while he remains immovable.
Translated into Czech by Radoslav Nenadál.
Translated into Czech by Radoslav Nenadál.
Wait, I actually liked a Herman Melville work? Color me absolutely shocked. I've read it three times now (well, it is a short novella) and each time I stumble upon something new. At first look, it seemed rather straight-forward, but with each reread I saw how layered it actually was. Surprising how a story about a man who simply preferred not to do anything could be so eventful. Anyone looking for a quick but satisfying read should pick this up.
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
No expectations but a beautiful little story. Never forget that Melville's prose is certainly among the best of his era. There are all sorts of readings here - this is Melville so of course, we have a queer reading available, and more generally a psychoanalytic one. Bartleby is a Kafkan parable - that is - not Kafkaesque, but adhering to Kafkan framing, his love for incongruity sunk into congruity, thereby neutralising the congruous. Perhaps.
It's a good time.
It's a good time.
funny
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I would rather not too.
