Bartleby, the Scrivener

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Herman Melville’s enduringly comic and affecting tale of a man who takes quiet quitting to extreme limits. A new office clerk in a Wall Street lawyer’s office is the cause for quiet dismay when he refuses to do his job. But how to deal with Bartleby, The Scrivener, especially when he refuses to leave the office altogether.

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Herman Melville’s enduringly comic and affecting tale of a man who takes quiet quitting to its extreme

A new clerk in a Wall Street lawyer’s office causes dismay and confusion when, after a productive start, he suddenly refuses to do his job. But how to deal with Bartleby, the Scrivener, when he refuses to leave the office altogether?

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Weight 0.122 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 1.1 cm
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Cover

Paperback

Pages

144

Language

English

Edition

|Reprint

Dewey

813.3 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K