A very rare survival in original wrappers and without any institutional stamps. Very light scattered foxing (mostly to margins). Wrappers with a little soiling and some chips to spines and one corner of December issue. XI (November 1853) and XII (December 1853). Eventually he dies of self-neglect, refusing offers of help, while jailed for vagrancy” ( Britannica).Īs one of the most discussed and studied works of American Literature, "Bartleby” “has been the subject of some two hundred journal articles, dozens of book chapters, and several entire volumes” (Matthew Guillen, Reading American). Though Bartleby is initially a hard worker, one day, when asked to proofread, he responds, ‘I would prefer not to.’ As time progresses, Bartleby increasingly ‘prefers not to’ do anything asked of him. The narrator, a successful Wall Street lawyer, hires a scrivener named Bartleby to copy legal documents. “Melville wrote ‘Bartleby’ at a time when his career seemed to be in ruins, and the story reflects his pessimism. First published in Putnam's Monthly Magazine in 1853, 'Bartleby' was subsequently published by Dix and Edwards of New York in 1856 in The Piazza Tales, a collection of six of Melville's stories” (Thomson Gale, American History Through Literature). After publishing seven novels between 18, including his magnum opus Moby-Dick (1851), Melville (1819–1891) turned to short fiction, writing 'Bartleby' and thirteen other stories and sketches between 18.
also one of the most celebrated short stories in American literature. "'Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street' is one of Herman Melville's most highly acclaimed works of short fiction. In the season 1 episode of Ozark titled 'Kaleidoscope', Marty explains to his wife Wendy that, if Del asks him to work for the drug cartel, he will respond as Bartleby would: 'Ill give him my best Bartleby impersonation, and Ill say, I prefer not to. THE EXCEEDINGLY RARE FIRST APPEARANCE IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS OF ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED SHORT STORIES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE. Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street
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