Synopsis

Herman Melville's short fiction work Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street deals with psychological effects of an employee who works in dead letter office. Bartleby was hired by a Manhattan lawyer, to copy legal documents. His aggressive and quality work start deteriorating day by day to the point he stops working. Days passed he continue to stand in the building doing nothing, though the office premises is vacated by the lawyer. What provokes Bartleby to be stranded in the building?

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