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For decades, literary critics have argued over how to interpret the character of Bartleby from Bartleby the Scrivener (1853). At first glance, he seems to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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, ...

“Bartleby the Scrivener” centers on a scrivener, or copyist, for a law firm. The story is narrated by the Lawyer, the man who employs Bartleby.

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 ...