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Bartleby is Melville himself, replying that he would prefer not to and eventually withdrawing into himself and his misery.

Bartleby the Scrivener is one of Melville's most famous stories. It is also one of the most difficult to interpret. For decades, critics have argued over ...

Herman Melville was born on August 1, 1819 on Pearl Street in New York City, the third of eight children born to Maria Gansevoort Melville and Allan ...

The story of a Wall Street lawyer who hires a man named Bartleby to work as a new clerk in his practice. Shortly after being hired, Bartleby refuses to do his ...

A short summary of Herman Melville's Bartleby the Scrivener. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Bartleby the Scrivener.

Herman Melville's “Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street” tells the story of a lawyer who hires a man named Bartleby as a new clerk in his Wall Street ...

The narrator of Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street is the Lawyer, who runs a law practice on Wall Street in New York.

This is an abridged summary and analysis of Bartleby the Scrivener. For the complete study guide (including quotes, literary devices, analysis of the ...

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 ...

“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.