Bartleby the Scrivener (1856) by: Herman Melville A Story of Wall-Street by Herman Melville

Bartleby the Scrivener (1856) by: Herman Melville A Story of Wall-Street

Herman Melville

56 pages first pub 1853 (editions)

fiction classics contemporary short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
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The narrator of the story is an unnamed lawyer with offices on Wall Street in New York City. He describes himself as doing "a snug business among rich men's bonds and mortgages and title-deeds." He has three employees: "First, Turkey; second, Nipp...

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