Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street (The Art of the

Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street (The Art of the Novella series)
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"I prefer not to," he respectfully and slowly said, and mildly disappeared.

Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the worldâ€”even those daunted by Moby-Dickâ€”Bartleby the ScrivenerÂ is simply one of the most absorbing and moving novellas ever. Set in the mid-19th century on New York Cityâ€™s Wall Street, it was also, perhaps, Herman Melville's most prescient story: what if a young man caught up in the rat race of commerce finally just said, "I would prefer not to"?

The tale is one of the final works of fiction published by Melville before, slipping into despair over the continuing critical dismissal of his work after Moby-Dick, he abandoned publishing fiction. The work is presented here exactly as it was originally published in Putnam's magazineâ€”to, sadly, critical disdain.

The Art of The Novella Series

Too short to be a novel, too long to be a short story, the novella is generally unrecognized by academics and publishers. Nonetheless, it is a form beloved and practiced by literature's greatest writers. In the Art Of The Novella series, Melville House celebrates this renegade art form and its practitioners with titles that are, in many instances, presented in book form for the first time.
Country USA
Brand Melville House Publishing
Manufacturer Melville House
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 22122531
Color Gold
ReleaseDate 2004-05-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780974607801

Country	USA
Brand	Melville House Publishing
Manufacturer	Melville House
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	22122531
Color	Gold
ReleaseDate	2004-05-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780974607801

Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street (The Art of the Novella series)

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