{"product_id":"herman-melville-bartleby-the-scrivener-9781806299072","title":"Bartleby, the Scrivener","description":"What if the most radical rebellion was simply to say \"no\"?\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHerman Melville's Bartleby, the Scrivener is a razor-sharp parable of modern alienation, as relevant in today's open-plan offices as in the ledger-lined corridors of nineteenth-century Wall Street. This definitive presentation restores Melville's wit, irony, and moral complexity while offering gentle notes for contemporary readers.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhen an amiable lawyer hires the enigmatic Bartleby, productivity soars-until the scrivener's sudden refusals grind the office's gears to a halt. Neither threats nor compassion can move him. As piles of unexamined documents grow, so does an unsettling question: What does society owe to the souls it consumes?\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhat You'll Discover in This Edition:A Portrait of Passive Dissent - See how Bartleby's polite non-compliance destabilizes capitalism's clockwork.The Birth of Modern Bureaucracy - Walk Wall Street's corridors where faceless labor first met mass paperwork.Timeless Themes of Empathy \u0026amp; Duty - Confront the moral dilemma of helping those who refuse to help themselves.Melville's Dark Humor \u0026amp; Style - Experience prose that balances dry comedy with existential weight.Contextual Enhancements - Light annotations clarify period law-office culture without interrupting narrative flow.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nPerfect for readers of Kafka, Camus, or contemporary workplace satires, Bartleby invites you to question obedience, purpose, and the silent costs of \"business as usual.\"","brand":"The Library of Alexandria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53764145021270,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/herman-melville-bartleby-the-scrivener-9781806299072","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}