01739cam a22003613u 4500 11231 UtSlPG 20260610133252.0 m cr n 260607r2004||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2004 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartleby,_the_Scrivener Release date is 2004-02-01 Steve J. Nelson and Clara T. Nelson "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street" by Herman Melville is a short story first published in 1853. A Wall Street lawyer hires a new copying clerk named Bartleby, who initially works diligently but soon begins refusing all tasks with the phrase "I would prefer not to." As Bartleby's passive resistance intensifies, the baffled narrator struggles to understand his enigmatic employee. This darkly compelling tale explores isolation, compassion, and the mystery of human behavior in an increasingly impersonal world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction Psychological fiction Young men -- Fiction Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction Copyists -- Fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11231 52677 52677