# Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street

By Herman Melville.

"Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street" by Herman Melville is a short story first published in 1853. A Wall Street lawyer hires a new copying clerk named Bartleby, who initially works diligently but soon begins refusing all tasks with the phrase "I would prefer not to." As Bartleby's passive resistance intensifies, the baffled narrator struggles to understand his enigmatic employee. This darkly compelling tale explores isolation, compassion, and the mystery of human behavior in an increasingly impersonal world. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction; Psychological fiction; Young men -- Fiction; Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction; Copyists -- Fiction

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Bartleby the Scrivener, A Story of Wall Street.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/1222) by Herman Melville (1 h 30 min, English)
- [Bartleby, the Scrivener (version 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/5888) by Herman Melville (1 h 55 min, English)

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