Bartleby, the Scrivener A Story of Wall-Street (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781717136367)

The narrator, an elderly Manhattan lawyer with a very comfortable business helping wealthy men deal with mortgages, deeds, and bonds. One day, Bartleby, a relatively new employee is asked to help proofread a document and Bartleby answers with what soon becomes his stock response: I would prefer not to. To the dismay of the narrator and to the irritation of the other employees, Bartleby performs fewer and fewer tasks around the office.

Author: Herman Melville
ISBN-10: 1717136362
ISBN-13: 9781717136367
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 04/19/2018
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.16lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.07d