Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street

by Herman Melville

Genres: Short Stories

Synopsis

Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street is a short story by the American writer Herman Melville, first serialized anonymously in two parts in the November and December 1853 issues of Putnam's Magazine, and reprinted with minor textual alterations in his The Piazza Tales in 1856. A Wall Street lawyer hires a new clerk who, after an initial bout of hard work, refuses to make copy and any other task required of him, with the words "I would prefer not to".

Release date: April 22, 2009

Publisher: HarperCollins e-books