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Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street
by Herman Melville
"Eh!—He's asleep, aint he?"
"With kings and counselors," murmured I.
What a story. I really wish I could put all my confusion and mixed emotions into words. I have a suspicion it is a work of an absolute genius, yet I fear I lack the capacity to understand it.
The story takes us to mid-19th century, just at the time when American economy was growing rapidly. Bartleby starts to work as a scrivener in a lawyers office. There he isolates himself from everyone and barely ever says a word. Soon, not only does he lose interest in work, but also in keeping himself alive. Despite being jobless, he “prefers” not to leave the office and thats where all the problems, confusion and devastation occur.
“What I saw that morning persuaded me that the scrivener was the victim of innate and incurable disorder. I might give alms to his body; but his body did not pain him; it was his soul that suffered, and his soul I could not reach.”
"With kings and counselors," murmured I.
What a story. I really wish I could put all my confusion and mixed emotions into words. I have a suspicion it is a work of an absolute genius, yet I fear I lack the capacity to understand it.
The story takes us to mid-19th century, just at the time when American economy was growing rapidly. Bartleby starts to work as a scrivener in a lawyers office. There he isolates himself from everyone and barely ever says a word. Soon, not only does he lose interest in work, but also in keeping himself alive. Despite being jobless, he “prefers” not to leave the office and thats where all the problems, confusion and devastation occur.
“What I saw that morning persuaded me that the scrivener was the victim of innate and incurable disorder. I might give alms to his body; but his body did not pain him; it was his soul that suffered, and his soul I could not reach.”