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Bartleby, the Scrivener
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Bartleby, the Scrivener

Original title
Bartleby the Scrivener
Genres
Fiction: literary and general non-genre · Classic fiction: literary and general · Humorous fiction · Fiction in translation · Children’s interactive and activity books and kits · Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories
2026
first published
English
language
4
edition in English
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pages

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? BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days

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