Bartleby, The Scrivener A Story of Wall-Street (Paperback)

from Sean191

It's shocking, but I don't remember reading any other Herman Melville (no, not even Moby Dick - although it is on my shelf waiting to be read). I've heard while Moby Dick was a worthy read, during his life Melville's other works weren't well received. That's unfortunate, because I did enjoy Bartl...

from aoibhealfae

Bartleby The Scrivener are a ridiculously significant modern tale from late 19th century which question morality and humanity that goes beyond the world of productivity and capitalism. As much as Melville drawing the humanism inspiration from Hawthorne in science, he did it by human ethics. In a ...

from praymont

A scrivener, Bartleby, is trapped in the soul-killing monotony of his job, a job that leads a co-worker to get soused every day at lunch. After a while, Bartleby starts refusing his assigned work, but in turning away from his tasks he doesn't turn to doing anything else. His rebellion is passive ...

from Sean191

It's shocking, but I don't remember reading any other Herman Melville (no, not even Moby Dick - although it is on my shelf waiting to be read). I've heard while Moby Dick was a worthy read, during his life Melville's other works weren't well received. That's unfortunate, because I did enjoy Bartl...

from steve02476

That was a puzzling and provocative story! My 85-year-old mom recommended it to me, so I had to read it. The writing is old fashioned as you'd expect from something from the 1850s. But the quandaries of dealing with weird and unfortunate people are the same today.