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Bartleby the Scrivener

Herman Melville

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Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world—even those daunted by Moby-Dick—Bartleby the Scrivener is simply one of the most absorbing and moving novellas ever. Set in the mid-19th century on New York City's Wall Street, it was also, perhaps, Herman Melville's most prescient story: what if a young man caught up in the rat race of commerce finally just said, "I would prefer not to"?

The tale is one of the final works of fiction published by Melville before, slipping into despair over the continuing critical dismissal of his work after Moby-Dick, he abandoned publishing fiction. The work is presented here exactly as it was originally published in Putnam's magazine—to, sadly, critical disdain.

Format:

Pages:: 64 pages

Publication:: 2004

Publisher:: Melville House

Edition:: 58087th

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0974607800

ISBN13:: 9780974607801

kindle Asin:: B09MNTYLDS

Bartleby the Scrivener

Herman Melville

3.93/5 (48038 ratings)

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Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world—even those daunted by Moby-Dick—Bartleby the Scrivener is simply one of the most absorbing and moving novellas ever. Set in the mid-19th century on New York City's Wall Street, it was also, perhaps, Herman Melville's most prescient story: what if a young man caught up in the rat race of commerce finally just said, "I would prefer not to"?

The tale is one of the final works of fiction published by Melville before, slipping into despair over the continuing critical dismissal of his work after Moby-Dick, he abandoned publishing fiction. The work is presented here exactly as it was originally published in Putnam's magazine—to, sadly, critical disdain.

Format:

Pages:: 64 pages

Publication:: 2004

Publisher:: Melville House

Edition:: 58087th

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0974607800

ISBN13:: 9780974607801

kindle Asin:: B09MNTYLDS

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