Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street

Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street

by Herman Melville

Narrated by Michael Scott

Unabridged — 1 hours, 40 minutes

Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street

Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street

by Herman Melville

Narrated by Michael Scott

Unabridged — 1 hours, 40 minutes

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Overview

This is a short story about a lawyer with offices on Wall Street in New York City. He runs an advertisement for a scrivener, or professional copyist, for his office and Bartleby responds to his advertisement and comes to work for the lawyer. At first Bartleby appears to be a competent worker, but later he refuses to work when requested, repeatedly uttering the phrase "I would prefer not to." As Bartleby's behavior escalates, the lawyer is confronted with how he will handle and respond to this bizarre behavior.

In 2001, the story was adapted into a movie titled "Bartleby".

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Stefan Rudnicki’s stately baritone embodies the story’s narrator, the stuffed-shirt Wall Street lawyer whose perplexed reaction to Bartleby is the substance of the story.” 

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"Melville stands unique in English Literature." THE NEW YORK TIMES

Product Details

BN ID: 2940169562187
Publisher: AB Books
Publication date: 08/20/2018
Edition description: Unabridged
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