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Summary

The narrator, an elderly Manhattan lawyer with a very comfortable business helping wealthy men deal with mortgages, deeds, and bonds. One day, Bartleby, a relatively new employee is asked to help proofread a document and Bartleby answers with what soon becomes his stock response: I would prefer not to. To the dismay of the narrator and to the irritation of the other employees, Bartleby performs fewer and fewer tasks around the office.

Duration: about 1 hour (01:25:45)
Publishing date: 2024-10-18; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 2024. Copyright Statment: —

• Contemporary Fiction
• Classics