Bartleby the Scrivener, A Story of Wall Street.
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Bartleby the Scrivener is a short story by Herman Melville that explores themes of isolation, alienation, and the limits of human empathy. Set in a bustling New York City law office in the 19th century, the story follows the narrator, a lawyer, and his encounter with Bartleby, a mysterious and enigmatic new scrivener who gradually withdraws from the world, refusing to work or engage with his colleagues. The narrator's attempts to understand and help Bartleby ultimately fail, leaving him grappling with profound questions about human nature and the nature of existence.Book Details
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Melville's growing literary ambition showed in Moby-Dick (1851), which took nearly a year and a half to write, but it did not find an audience and critics scorned his psychological novel Pierre: or, T...
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