BartlebySparkNotes

A successful lawyer on Wall Street hires Bartleby, a scrivener, to relieve the load of work experienced by his law firm. For two days, Bartleby executes his ...

The story, set in a Wall Street law office in the mid-1800's, begins with the unnamed narrator, The Lawyer, stating that he would like to focus his tale on ...

The Lawyer then decides he has pity for Bartleby, as he means no mischief or insolence with his attitude; it is simply how he is. So, The Lawyer reckons that if ...

He never sees Bartleby enter or leave the office; he seems to always be there. He never leaves for lunch or tea, but simply has Ginger Nut deliver him snacks ...

Bartleby is arrested as a vagrant and thrown in jail. The Lawyer visits him, but Bartleby refuses to speak to him. The Lawyer arranges for Bartleby to be fed ...

The story is narrated by the Lawyer, the man who employs Bartleby. The Lawyer has two other scriveners, Turkey and Nippers, and an errand boy, Ginger Nut. As ...

Bartleby comes to the office to answer an ad placed by the Lawyer, who at that time needed more help. The Lawyer hires Bartleby and gives him a space in the ...

The narrator (the Lawyer) wonders if such a miserable job—burning letters that have been sent to people that have died in the meantime or who have vanished—were ...

Falling Action Bartleby goes to prison and dies; the Lawyer hears a rumor that he worked in the dead-letter office. Tense Immediate past (primarily ...

The Lawyer is the unnamed narrator of Bartleby the Scrivener. He owns a law firm on Wall Street, and he employs four men as scriveners, or copyists: Turkey, ...