Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville (Summary)

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 ... About Bartleby, the Scrivener · Summary and Analysis · Character List · Re

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In Bartleby, this action occurs in the rapid imprisonment, decline and death of Bartleby, all in the space of about three pages (the exact climax is probably ...

At the end of “Bartleby the Scrivener,” the Lawyer reveals the one clue that he has found to Bartleby's history: a rumor that Bartleby once worked in the Dead ...

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 ...

Bartleby had been a subordinate clerk in the Dead Letter Office at Washington, from which he had been suddenly removed by a change in the administration.

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. Character List CHARACTERS · Themes LITERARY DEVICES · Melville Stories

“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.

“Bartleby the Scrivener” centers on a scrivener, or copyist, for a law firm. The story is narrated by the Lawyer, who presently has two other scriveners, ...