Good Life

Good Life

Monday, July 20, 2009

(Melville, Herman. Bartleby the Scrivener, 1853, Putnam's Magazine)


The narrator is an elderly lawyer that helps wealthy men with their mortgages and offers several other services. He comes into contact with Bartleby, the strangest person he has ever known. He was looking for a job and responds to an ad the lawyer put in. Though Bartleby has good intentions, his past mistakes keeps dragging him down and causing him more troubles. Morality, wealth, gender are the themes of this story. The main characters are Bartleby, the lawyer, Nippers and Turkey.

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