Bartleby, The Scrivener A Story of Wall-Street
Registered by ReallyBookish of Furlong, Pennsylvania USA on 11/4/2017
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I wasn't sure what to expect from this Melville short story. I found it very readable, even though it was written in the mid-19th century. The story drew me in more than I anticipated, partially because it is a mystery of sorts. The title character behaves in ways that make the reader wonder about him, his background, his state of mind, who he is as a person, etc. Unfortunately, since many of these questions go unanswered, I found the ending unsatisfying. It's a classic and I'm glad I read it, but it didn't ultimately do a whole lot for me.
Reserving for the General Literature VBB.
Description from Amazon:
"Bartleby is a kind of clerk, a copyist, 'who obstinately refuses to go on doing the sort of writing demanded of him.' During the spring of 1851, Melville felt similarly about his work on Moby Dick. Thus, Bartleby can be seen to represent Melville's frustration with his own situation as a writer, and the story itself is 'about a writer who forsakes conventional modes because of an irresistible preoccupation with the most baffling philosophical questions.' Bartleby can also be seen to represent Melville's relation to his commercial, democratic society."
Description from Amazon:
"Bartleby is a kind of clerk, a copyist, 'who obstinately refuses to go on doing the sort of writing demanded of him.' During the spring of 1851, Melville felt similarly about his work on Moby Dick. Thus, Bartleby can be seen to represent Melville's frustration with his own situation as a writer, and the story itself is 'about a writer who forsakes conventional modes because of an irresistible preoccupation with the most baffling philosophical questions.' Bartleby can also be seen to represent Melville's relation to his commercial, democratic society."
Removing from the General Literature VBB and making available.
I hope the finder enjoys the book!
