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Herman Melville Bartleby, The Scrivener A Story of Wall-Street I am a rather elderly man. The nature of my avocations for the last thirty years has brought me into more than ordinary contact with what would seem an interesting and somewhat singular set of men, of whom as yet nothing that I know of has ever been written:-I mean the law-copyists or scriveners. I am a rather elderly man.

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 mino.

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. In the story, a Wall Street lawyer hires a new clerk who, after an initial bout of hard work, refuses to make copies or do any other task required of him, with the words "I would prefer not t.

Herman Melville from 1. Bartleby, The Scrivener. 2. as a-premature act; inasmuch as I had counted upon a life-lease of the prots, whereas I only received those of a few short years.

Herman Melville from. The Piazza Tales 1856. Ere introducing the scrivener, as he rst appeared to me, it is t I make some mention of myself, my employées, my business, my chambers, and general sur-roundings; because some such description is indispensable to an adequate under-standing of the chief character about to be presented. Imprimis: I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been lled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best. 1. But this is by the way.

Herman Melville (1819–1891). Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-street. I have known very many of them, professionally and privately, and if I pleased, could relate divers histories, at which good-natured gentlemen might smile, and sentimental souls might weep

Bartleby the Scrivener (1853), by Herman Melville, tells the story of a quiet, hardworking legal copyist who works in an office in the Wall Street area of New York City.

Bartleby the Scrivener (1853), by Herman Melville, tells the story of a quiet, hardworking legal copyist who works in an office in the Wall Street area of New York City. One day Bartleby declines the assignment his employer gives him with the inscrutable "I would prefer no. The utterance of this remark sets off a confounding set of actions and behavior, making the unsettling character of Bartleby one of Melville's most enigmatic and unforgettable creations

Herman Melville Herman Melville towers among American writers not only for his powerful .

Bartleby, The Scrivener A Story of Wall-Street. Author: Herman Melville. Herman Melville towers among American writers not only for his powerful novels, but also for the stirring novellas and short stories that flowed from his pen. Two of the most admired of these – & and & Cereno& – first appeared as magazine pieces and were then published in 1856 as part of a collection of short stories entitled & Piazza Tales& (also known as & the Scrivener& is an intriguing moral allegory set in the business world of mid-19th-century New York.

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A summary of "Bartleby the Scrivener" in Herman Melville's Melville Stories. The plot is deceptively simple

A summary of "Bartleby the Scrivener" in Herman Melville's Melville Stories. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Melville Stories and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. The plot is deceptively simple. The Lawyer, a well-established man of sixty working on Wall Street, hires a copyist-seemingly no different from any other copyist, though the Lawyer is well-accustomed to quirky copyists. But Bartleby is different. Bartleby's initial response of "I would prefer not to," seems innocent at first, but soon it becomes a mantra, a slogan that is an essential part of Bartleby's character.

Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891) was born into a seemingly secure, prosperous world, a descendant of prominent Dutch and English families long established in New York State. That security vanished when first, the family business failed, and then, two years later, in young Melville's thirteenth year, his father died.