Out of all of Melville's work, Bartleby remains to be my all-time favorite. I can't help but adore just how strange and how open this story is to interpretation. I've written multiple papers on it, fanfiction, and even have a hardback copy (with naturally huge print to justify it).

I fell in love with these characters in high school, and I urge anyone who hasn't read this to try it. It's free, it's relatively short, and it's especially relevant for American society today.