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Bartleby, The Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street

The narrator, an elderly lawyer who has a very comfortable business helping wealthy men deal with mortgages, title deeds, and bonds, relates the story of the strangest man he has ever known.
The narrator already employs two scriveners, Nippers and Turkey. Nippers suffers from chronic indigestion, and Turkey is a drunk, but the office survives because in the mornings Turkey is sober even though Nippers is irritable, and in the afternoon Nippers has calmed down even though Turkey is drunk.
53 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2018
Publication year
2018
Publisher
WS
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Impressions

  • Andrea EBJshared an impression4 years ago

    It has a comment on humanity nut i didn't like it

  • Nast Huertashared an impression3 years ago
    👍Worth reading
    🌴Beach Bag Book
    🚀Unputdownable
    😄LOLZ

Quotes

  • ninasezovemhas quoted2 years ago
    But thus it often is, that the constant friction of illiberal minds wears out at last the best resolves of the more generous
  • ninasezovemhas quoted2 years ago
    You see how gentle I am, sir. Shall I go and black his eyes?
  • ninasezovemhas quoted2 years ago
    He is useful to me. I can get along with him

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