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Experience Herman Melville's classic novella, Bartleby the Scrivener , in this newly designed, easy-to-read edition. The story follows a Wall Street lawyer who hires a clerk, Bartleby, who initially works hard only to later refuse any tasks given to him, with the simple phrase,... Read Full Overview

Bartleby, el escribiente es una de las narraciones m s originales y conmovedoras de la historia de la literatura. Melville escribi este relato a mediados del siglo XIX, pero por l no parece haber pasado el tiempo. Nos cuenta la historia de un peculiar copista que trabaja en... Read Full Overview

"Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story by the American writer Herman Melville, first serialized anonymously in two parts in the November and December 1853 issues of Putnam's Magazine and reprinted with minor textual alterations in his The Piazza Tales... Read Full Overview

Bartleby the Scrivener, A Story of Wall Street. Herman Melville (1819 - 1891) "Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story by Herman Melville. The story first appeared, anonymously, in Putnam's Magazine in two parts. The first part appeared in November 1853,... Read Full Overview

Bartleby the Scrivener, A Story of Wall Street. Herman Melville (1819 - 1891) "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story by the American writer Herman Melville, first serialized anonymously in two parts in the November and December 1853 issues of Putnam's... Read Full Overview

Bartleby is a kind of clerk, a copyist, "who obstinately refuses to go on doing the sort of writing demanded of him." During the spring of 1851, Melville felt similarly about his work on Moby Dick. Thus, Bartleby can be seen to represent Melville's frustration... Read Full Overview

"I prefer not to," he respectfully and slowly said, and mildly disappeared.

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" (1853) is a short story by the American writer Herman Melville, first... Read Full Overview

The narrator, an elderly, unnamed Manhattan lawyer with a comfortable business, already employs two scriveners, Nippers and Turkey, to copy legal documents by hand. An increase in business leads him to advertise for a third, and he hires the forlorn-looking Bartleby in the hope... Read Full Overview

What if a young man caught up in the rat race of commerce finally just said, "I would prefer not to"? One of Herman Melvilles best known stories

Bartleby is a kind of clerk, a copyist, "who obstinately refuses to go on doing the sort of writing demanded of him." During the spring of 1851, Melville felt similarly about his work on Moby Dick. Thus, Bartleby can be seen to represent Melville's frustration with his own situation... Read Full Overview

"Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story by the American writer Herman Melville, first serialized anonymously in two parts in the November and December 1853 issues of Putnam's Magazine, and reprinted with minor textual alterations in his The Piazza Tales... Read Full Overview

Why buy our paperbacks? Standard Font size of 10 for all books High Quality Paper Fulfilled by Amazon Expedited shipping 30 Days Money Back Guarantee BEWARE of Low-quality sellers Don't buy cheap paperbacks just to save a few dollars. Most of them use low-quality papers & binding... Read Full Overview

Bartleby is one of Herman Melville's classic short stories.

Herman Melville's absurdist classic is printed anew in this presentable hardcover edition. First published in 1853, Bartleby, the Scrivener has been lauded as a superb - even perfect - example of short form fiction. In the years since its original publication, the text has received... Read Full Overview