'It was on the third day, I think, of his being with me, that I abruptly called to Bartleby to examine a small paper with me. Imagine my consternation, when Bartleby in a singularly mild, firm voice, replied, “I would prefer not to.”'
Alex Jennings reads Herman Melville's classic tale of a lawyer's attempts to make sense of the perplexing defiance of his mild-mannered office clerk. Beloved of Kafka and Camus, and widely regarded as one of the greatest short stories ever written, Bartleby the Scrivener was first published in 1853.
Produced by Mary Ward-Lowery for BBC Audio Editing and Sound Design by Mair Bosworth Abridged by Sara Davies Studio Engineering by Mike Etherden Mixed by Ilse Lademann
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