Saturday, January 14, 2017

On "Bartleby"

"There are very few stories that, on re-reading after re-reading, seem to become impossibly more perfect, but Herman Melville’s eerie, aching story Bartleby, the Scrivener is one such. Like a parable without an obvious moral, it is defiance raised to the metaphysical."

Check out this interesting piece on a favorite, frustrating, endlessly rewarding short story.

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