![]() ![]() ![]() The work is presented here exactly as it was originally published in Putnam's magazine-to, sadly, critical disdain.more The tale is one of the final works of fiction published by Melville before, slipping into despair over the continuing critical dismissal of his work after Moby-Dick, he abandoned publishing fiction. ![]() Set in the mid-19th century on New York City's Wall Street, it was also, perhaps, Herman Melville's most prescient story: what if a young man caught up in the rat race of commerce finally just said, "I would prefer not to"? Set in the mid-19th century on New York City's Wall Street, it was also, perhaps, Herman Melville's most prescient story: what if a young man caught up in the rat race of commer Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world-even those daunted by Moby-Dick- Bartleby the Scrivener is simply one of the most absorbing and moving novellas ever. Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world-even those daunted by Moby-Dick- Bartleby the Scrivener is simply one of the most absorbing and moving novellas ever. ![]()
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