Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville
Herman Melville's classic tale of a lawyer perplexed by the passive resistance of his new office clerk. Read by Alex Jennings.
'It was on the third day, I think, of his being with me, that I abruptly called to Bartleby to examine a small paper with me. Imagine my consternation, when Bartleby in a singularly mild, firm voice, replied, 鈥淚 would prefer not to.鈥�'
Alex Jennings reads Herman Melville's classic tale of a lawyer's attempts to make sense of the perplexing defiance of his mild-mannered office clerk. Beloved of Kafka and Camus, and widely regarded as one of the greatest short stories ever written, Bartleby the Scrivener was first published in 1853.
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Editing and Sound Design by Mair Bosworth
Abridged by Sara Davies
Studio Engineering by Mike Etherden
Mixed by Ilse Lademann
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