Bartleby the Scrivener — A Story of Wall-Street Rebajas

In «Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street,» Herman Melville crafts a profound narrative that probes the human condition against the backdrop of 19th-century capitalism. The novella unfolds through the eyes of a nameless narrator, a Wall Street lawyer whose life is disrupted by the enigmatic figure of Bartleby, a scrivener who insists, «I would prefer not to.» Melville’s distinctive style,…