Bartleby the Scrivener 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 Set

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 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 commerAcademics 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 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 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 The work is presented here exactly as it was originally published in Putnam s magazine to, sadly, critical disdain.
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Title: Unlimited [Self Help Book] ë Bartleby the Scrivener - by Herman Melville â
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Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet His first two books gained much attention, though they were not bestsellers, and his popularity declined precipitously only a few years later By the time of his death he had been almost completely forgotten, but his longest novel, Moby Dick largely considered a failure during his lifetime, and most responsible for Melville s fall from favor with the reading public was rediscovered in the 20th century as one of the chief literary masterpieces of both American and world literature.