Review of 'Bartleby, the scrivener' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Maybe the most radical of acts is to be found in that least radical of words: I would prefer not to.
64 pages
English language
Published Sept. 14, 2004 by Melville House Pub..
4 stars
(18 reviews)
"Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story by Herman Melville. The story first appeared, anonymously, in Putnam's Magazine in two parts. The first part appeared in November 1853, with the conclusion published in December 1853. It was reprinted in Melville's The Piazza Tales in 1856 with minor textual alterations. The work is said to have been inspired, in part, by Melville's reading of Emerson, and some have pointed to specific parallels to Emerson's essay, "The Transcendentalist." The story has been adapted twice: once in 1970, starring Paul Scofield, and again in 2001, starring Crispin Glover.
Also contained in:
- Bartleby and Benito Cereno
- Benito Cereno / Bartleby, the Scrivener / Encantadas / Billy Budd
- [Billy Budd, Sailor & Other Stories][1]
- [Billy Budd and Other Tales][2]
- [Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories][3]
- [Billy Budd and other stories][4]
- [Billy Budd, Sailor and Selected Tales][5]
- Complete Shorter Fiction
- Five …
"Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story by Herman Melville. The story first appeared, anonymously, in Putnam's Magazine in two parts. The first part appeared in November 1853, with the conclusion published in December 1853. It was reprinted in Melville's The Piazza Tales in 1856 with minor textual alterations. The work is said to have been inspired, in part, by Melville's reading of Emerson, and some have pointed to specific parallels to Emerson's essay, "The Transcendentalist." The story has been adapted twice: once in 1970, starring Paul Scofield, and again in 2001, starring Crispin Glover.
Also contained in:
- Bartleby and Benito Cereno
- Benito Cereno / Bartleby, the Scrivener / Encantadas / Billy Budd
- [Billy Budd, Sailor & Other Stories][1]
- [Billy Budd and Other Tales][2]
- [Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories][3]
- [Billy Budd and other stories][4]
- [Billy Budd, Sailor and Selected Tales][5]
- Complete Shorter Fiction
- Five Tales
- Great American Short Stories
- Great Short Works of Herman Melville
- Great American Short Stories
- Great American Short Stories
- Happy Failure: Stories
- Novels. Selections
- Piazza Tales
- Portable Melville
- Selected Tales and Poems
- [Selected Writings of Herman Melville][6]
[1]: openlibrary.org/works/OL102720W/Billy_Budd_Sailor_Other_Stories [2]: openlibrary.org/works/OL102708W/Billy_Budd_and_Other_Tales [3]: openlibrary.org/works/OL102646W/Billy_Budd_Sailor_and_Other_Stories [4]: openlibrary.org/works/OL102707W/Billy_Budd_and_other_stories [5]: openlibrary.org/works/OL102647W/Billy_Budd_Sailor_and_Selected_Tales [6]: openlibrary.org/works/OL14953715W/Selected_Writings_of_Herman_Melville
AnieThings reviewed Bartleby, the scrivener by Herman Melville
Review of 'Bartleby, the scrivener' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Realmente curioso. Desde luego existe un Herman Melville mas allá de Moby Dick.
okenwillow reviewed Bartleby le scribe by Herman Melville
Review of 'Bartleby le scribe' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Je découvre Melville avec cette nouvelle mythique. La brève et troublante histoire de Bartleby, employé au comportement insolite, embauché par le narrateur en tant que commis aux écritures. Copiste studieux, Bartleby s’avère être un personnage désarmant. Refusant toute autre tache en dehors de la copie pure et simple, il se borne à répondre systématiquement à son patron : « Je préfèrerais ne pas », chaque fois que celui-ci lui émet la moindre requête. Le narrateur fait partager au lecteur son désarroi face à l’attitude imperturbable et entêtée de Bartleby, mais aussi sa sympathie avec ce curieux personnage, jusqu’à un dénouement étrange et inexpliqué. Insolite et captivant, mais aussi délicieusement frustrant !
Subjects
- Young men -- Fiction
- Copyists -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction