# Bartleby, the Scrivener

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- Authors: [Herman Melville](https://www.bookquiver.com/herman-melville)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2026-07-02
- 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

## Description

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

## Editions

### Bartleby, The Scrivener

- Publisher: Vintage Digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-15-2998-147-6
- Published: 2026-07-02
- Language: en_GB

### Bartleby, The Scrivener

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-15-2998-146-9
- Pages: 136
- Published: 2026-01-01
- Language: en_GB

### Bartleby, The Scrivener

- Publisher: insel
- ISBN: 978-34-5819-482-8
- Pages: 78
- Published: 2020-03-10
- Language: en_GB

### Bartleby the Scrivener

- Publisher: Melville House
- ISBN: 978-09-7460-780-1
- Pages: 80
- Published: 2004-05-01
- Language: en_US

## This book in other languages

- [Bartleby, l'escrivent](https://www.bookquiver.com/herman-melville/ca/bartleby-lescrivent) (ca_ES)
- [Der Schreiber Bartleby](https://www.bookquiver.com/herman-melville/de/der-schreiber-bartleby) (de_DE)
- [Bartleby, el escribiente](https://www.bookquiver.com/herman-melville/es/bartleby-el-escribiente) (es_CO)
- [Bartleby](https://www.bookquiver.com/herman-melville/fr/bartleby) (fr_FR)
- [Bartleby lo scrivano](https://www.bookquiver.com/herman-melville/it/bartleby-lo-scrivano) (it_IT)
- [Bartleby, o escrivão](https://www.bookquiver.com/herman-melville/pt/bartleby-o-escrivao) (pt_BR)