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In a final act of protest, Bartleby refuses to eat, and subsequently starves to death in prison. By just preferring not to live any longer, Bartleby announces ...

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Bartleby is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma – and, much to some readers' frustration, this conundrum goes unsolved at the end of the story.

Enter Bartleby, a quiet, initially efficient, anti-social little man. Bartleby proceeds to work well as a copyist, but refuses to help out with any other office ...

Bartleby is a departure from the sea-faring adventures that Melville often presented to readers; in fact, this is a story in which the most exciting thing ...