by Herman Melville · Penguin Books Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780146000126
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«Bartleby» is the short story by Herman Melville, published by Penguin Books in paperback (64 pages, in English).
Set on Wall Street, the story follows a scrivener named Bartleby whose best-known response to assignments is «I would prefer not to». With that growing refusal, Herman Melville builds a reflection on alienation, passive resistance and individuality in the world of work.
It belongs to the Penguin 60s collection; it is the first edition in this format, published in July 1995.
For readers of classic fiction and short stories interested in a reflective-toned tale.
Herman Melville was an American writer of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851), Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia, and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella. At the time of his death, Melville was not well known to the public, but 1919, the centennial of his birth, was the starting point of a Melville revival. Moby-Dick would eventually be considered one of the Great American Novels.
