Bartleby the Scrivener: A Tale of the Modern World

Mention Herman Melville and most people will assume you want to talk about Moby-Dick. It’s one of the all-time great novels. Though, along with Cervantes’ Don Quijote, possibly more talked about than actually read. But one of Melville’s finest works is a much shorter proposition. A short story called “Bartleby the Scrivener”, published in 1856.