The titular copier in Herman Melville’s short story is a polite but obstinate man. Asked to perform a task, Bartleby considerately replies, “I’d prefer not to.” His boss can’t fathom this eccentric ...
Pelton’s modern cover of this great 1853 American novella makes the mind toggle from Pelton to Melville and back. In the middle of this read a moving personal digression honors the universality of the ...
Apologies for the disruption of the usual pattern, but as before, we’re publishing the short story discussion from America This Week separately. On “Bartleby The Scrivener” by Herman Melville: ...
Herman Melville, read by Michael Lackey. Dreamscape Media, unabridged, two CDs, 2 hrs., $39.99 ISBN 978-1-62406-937-6 When the nameless narrator—an elderly Manhattan attorney—hired another scrivener ...
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