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    B. J. Harrison Reads Bartleby, the Scrivener
    B. J. Harrison Reads Bartleby, the Scrivener
    B. J. Harrison Reads Bartleby, the Scrivener
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    B. J. Harrison Reads Bartleby, the Scrivener

    Written by Herman Melville

    Narrated by B. J. Harrison

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    The narrator of this story is a successful lawyer on Wall Street. He hires a scrivener named Bartleby to help him with all the papers and relieve the load of work. Bartleby quickly gains the lawyer’s trust by completing his tasks on time. However, the newcomer becomes mentally unstable. He suddenly refuses to perform his duties and stares at a blank wall instead. The lawyer decides to give Bartleby a break, then tries to fire him, but the uncontrollable employee refuses to leave.Who exactly is Bartleby? Why does he refuse to perform the tasks he has been hired to do? What is his problem? How is the lawyer going to deal with the scrivener? Will Bartleby ever leave?Find all the answers in Herman Melville’s novel “Bartleby, the Scrivener” from 1853.B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere.Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American author whose books were based on his own experiences as a sailor. Today Herman Melville is world famous for his novel “Moby Dick” but in his lifetime, this novel was ill received and quickly forgotten. Not until many years after Herman Melville's death did “Moby Dick” get rediscovered become what is today considered one of the greatest classics in American literature. Melville, along with authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman, was part of the American Renaissance – a literary movement that aimed to provide literature for the American democracy.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSAGA Egmont
    Release dateAug 11, 2020
    ISBN9788726574418
    B. J. Harrison Reads Bartleby, the Scrivener
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    Herman Melville

    Herman Melville was an American novelist, essayist, short story writer and poet. His most notable work, Moby Dick, is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.

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