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Author: Herman Melville

📘 Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville

Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street is a short story by Herman Melville. It first appeared anonymously in Putnam's Magazine in two parts, with the first part published in November 1853 and the conclusion published in December 1853. The story has been adapted twice: once in 1970, starring Paul Scofield, and again in 2001, starring Crispin Glover. It has been 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'. The story focuses on a man named Bartleby who refuses to sign a document at a law office on Wall Street in New York City.

First publish date: 1966

Genre: Literary Fiction/Classic Literature

Authors: Herman Melville

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