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Syahira's Literary Obsession rated it

12 years ago

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Bartleby The Scrivener are a ridiculously significant modern tale from late 19th century which question morality and humanity that goes beyond the world of productivity and capitalism. As much as Melville drawing the humanism inspiration from Hawthorne in science, he did it by human ethics. In a sim...

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Bettie's Books rated it

12 years ago

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Stars Ian Holm.Broadcast on:BBC Radio 7, 10:00am Friday 6th August 2010Duration:60 minutesAvailable until:11:02am Friday 13th August 2010Category:DramaAmusing, what with Bartleby's disposition of 'I prefer not to', however overall this is a gloomy parable.

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Unabridged Chick rated it

15 years ago

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You can't go wrong with a Dover Thrift Edition: they're cheap, they're not padded with huge introductions or appendices, and they're unabridged. (Newer versions even have interesting covers!) Personally, I'm no fan of Melville, so I really shouldn't be reviewing this, but there you go. 'Benito Ce...

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