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Bartleby, The Scrivener : A Story of Wall-Street
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4 out of 5
Based on 23,633 Ratings and 1,255 Reviews

Book Description
Herman Melville wrote Bartleby the Scrivener as an emotional response to the fact that his masterpiece Moby-Dick was not selling as well as he had expected. The work is said to have been inspired, in part, by Melville's reading of Emerson, and some have pointed to specific parallels to Emerson's essay, The Transcendentalist.
Although the story was not very popular at the time it was published... More
Book Information
PublisherCreateSpace
BindingPaperback (21 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages70
ISBN-101438288913
ISBN-13978-1438288918
Publication Date05/19/2009
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About Herman Melville (Author) : Herman Melville was a published author and an editor of children's books. Some of the published credits of Herman Melville include Moby-Dick: New Edition (Everyman's Library (Paper)), Moby Dick, Typee... more
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10/3/2015 Joshua Mark said:
After Moby Dick, this is my favorite work by Melville and one of my favorite works ever. The story of the clerk who prefers not to do his job and refuses to give any reason at all resonates on so many levels. It's beautifully written and very memorable. Modern-day tales of existential angst have not... more

tags: religion, culture, philosophy, Literature

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