Bartleby, the Scrivener

By Herman Melville

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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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529981468
• ISBN13: 9781529981469
• Release Date: November 2026
• Publisher: Vintage Classics
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.