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Title: Bartleby, the Scrivener
Author: Herman Melville
Narrator: Bob Neufeld
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-15-17
Publisher: Paperless
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 6 votes
Genres: Classics, American Literature
Publisher's Summary:
"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 in 1856. A Wall Street lawyer hires a new clerk who, after an initial bout of hard work, refuses to make copy and any other task required of him, with the words "I would prefer not to".
Numerous essays have been published on what, according to scholar Robert Milder, "is unquestionably the masterpiece of the short fiction" in the Melville canon.
Members Reviews:
Herman melville is a great writer for sure
this is a short story with with some complexity around character development. there were really only two characters in the story. the narrator who was the owner of the firm and bartleby, someone he hired. It has a sad ending. The author does leave a lot of questions unanswered, but the story still reads well.
Great Read and Test for Social Philosophy
When you say "Herman Melville", people groan and think of being made to read Moby Dick in high school and/or college. This is quick, interesting, and raises a lot of questions. I give it to my friends to see if they are a social conservative or a social liberal. The plot moves quickly, although the writing style is dated.
A must read
I love this book . . . encountered this character in a graduate level course of Melville's works for my Master's degree back in the '70s. What a great answer Bartleby gave when he "preferred not to"! I've used this myself--sometimes jokingly--in the years since I became acquainted with the scrivener.
Compassionate story
This was a very interesting and compassionate novella about a proof reader who basically prefers to do nothing. At times humorous, and very well written, it speaks plainly to the human condition.
A good exposure to Melville that has made it possible to ...
Enjoyable and a manageable length. A good exposure to Melville that has made it possible to finally digest Moby Dick.
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Title: Bartleby, the Scrivener
Author: Herman Melville
Narrator: Bob Neufeld
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-15-17
Publisher: Paperless
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 6 votes
Genres: Classics, American Literature
Publisher's Summary:
"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 in 1856. A Wall Street lawyer hires a new clerk who, after an initial bout of hard work, refuses to make copy and any other task required of him, with the words "I would prefer not to".
Numerous essays have been published on what, according to scholar Robert Milder, "is unquestionably the masterpiece of the short fiction" in the Melville canon.
Members Reviews:
Herman melville is a great writer for sure
this is a short story with with some complexity around character development. there were really only two characters in the story. the narrator who was the owner of the firm and bartleby, someone he hired. It has a sad ending. The author does leave a lot of questions unanswered, but the story still reads well.
Great Read and Test for Social Philosophy
When you say "Herman Melville", people groan and think of being made to read Moby Dick in high school and/or college. This is quick, interesting, and raises a lot of questions. I give it to my friends to see if they are a social conservative or a social liberal. The plot moves quickly, although the writing style is dated.
A must read
I love this book . . . encountered this character in a graduate level course of Melville's works for my Master's degree back in the '70s. What a great answer Bartleby gave when he "preferred not to"! I've used this myself--sometimes jokingly--in the years since I became acquainted with the scrivener.
Compassionate story
This was a very interesting and compassionate novella about a proof reader who basically prefers to do nothing. At times humorous, and very well written, it speaks plainly to the human condition.
A good exposure to Melville that has made it possible to ...
Enjoyable and a manageable length. A good exposure to Melville that has made it possible to finally digest Moby Dick.