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Bartleby, the Scrivener
- A Story of Wall Street
- Letto da: Stefan Rudnicki
- Durata: 1 ora e 48 min
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Sintesi dell'editore
Herman Melville’s tale of corporate discontent, Bartleby, the Scrivener, tells the story of a quiet, hardworking legal copyist who works in an office in the Wall Street area of New York City. The business where he works handles the official financial paperwork of wealthy men. One day, Bartleby’s employer requests he proofread one of the documents he has copied. Bartleby declines the assignment with the inscrutable “I would prefer not,” the first of what will become many refusals. The utterance of this remark sets off a confounding set of actions and behavior, making the unsettling character of Bartleby one of Melville’s most enigmatic and unforgettable creations.
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- Tad Davis
- 24/11/2011
Very strange, very haunting
Stefan Rudnicki has an almost impossibly deep voice, but he plays it like an instrument in this strange and haunting story about a lost soul. Bartleby is probably one of the most passive central characters in literature: his standard response to a request to do something is, "I would prefer not to." I can't honestly say I understand the story, but the feelings of sadness and compassion (with occasional dashes of frustration) come through in this excellent reading.
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- Michael
- 15/08/2012
Tragic, Funny, and Thought Provoking
Bartleby the Scrivener is short story, which explores the society and humanity on Wall Street in the late 19th century. I completely enjoyed the narrator character and the other office workers. Melville’s prose are excellent and he was able to write a parable that is at once thought provoking, tragic, and quite funny. The narration is spot on, delivering the funny lines as dead pan as they were intended to be.
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- W Perry Hall
- 09/04/2014
My Review
"Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is... On second thought, I would prefer not to say.
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- KRANZO
- 17/03/2014
Short and peculiar
Any additional comments?
It's a quick and easy listen. I like the story more as time passes. I often find myself thinking about this story in real life situations when people fail to fulfill their obligations (as societal conventions dictate).
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- Wayne
- 10/08/2023
The perfect short story
Written by Herman Melville in 1853 Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street is a wonderful story. The publisher's summary is excellent so I will not add to it. The Bartalby character is one that you will never forget. The story is a true American classic. Narration by Stefan Rudnicki is outstanding.
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- James Carl Barsz, MD
- 17/10/2018
My psych told me to go to CoDependents Anonymous.
I did not see this coming! Please give this book a chance. Written in 1853.
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- Linda McHenry
- 15/01/2016
Bartleby, the Scrivener
This is a touching and well written short story about the eccentricity of a quiet, unassuming scribe with a singular preference, "I would rather not."
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- John Beagle
- 05/12/2012
What a strange man
Is there anything you would change about this book?
I wish there was more background on Bartleby. Perhaps a followup that would include how he became such a strange person.
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
Sad, sorry, sorrowful, reflective on my own life's experiences.
What does Stefan Rudnicki bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Stefan was an excellent choice of reader, he provided voice characterizations that were of period and were interesting.
Could you see Bartleby, the Scrivener being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?
No, too much would be lost in the story. It would not be nearly as intellectual and entertaining.
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- aclifton
- 16/08/2023
Delightful
Made me laugh out loud, but also presented the depth and poetry in familiar with in Melville. Delightful performance as well.
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- Plastic_ dirigible_penguin
- 30/07/2023
Tragic tale of a lost soul
There is a gothic edge to this foreboding tale that borderlines on tedium and dread evocative Poe’s Tell Tale Heart. As a post modern reader there are so many opportunities for this man’s tale to be told. Rudnicki was excellent, his searching and quizzical narrative and baritone voice resonated as the storyteller.
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- Faisal
- 30/06/2022
Bartelby the enigmatic and strange soul
Melville’s prose is at times wonderful in the way he describes feelings, emotions and contemplative material. I might be missing the point or be on point but having completed the book it leaves me wondering about the character Bartebly and his loss of enthusiasm for work and life. Maybe one of the purposes of this story is to highlight the day-to-day monotony of modern life and the depression one can feel and it’s consequences especially a professional career that is unfulfilling or to see it as fulfilling would be a mistake.
The novel also appears to grapple with the idea of fate and predestination in a subtle way.
I think the novel’s prominence and timelessness is also in the expression of what it means to be human when dealing with others who undergo deep change and maybe even painful transition of some kind that is difficult to pin down.
This is contemplative stuff.
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- DR R S KERSH
- 05/02/2023
Odd
Very very odd. Made me think of the helplessness of Gregor Samsa before his time and thrust into a capitalist void.
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- Stevie Bach
- 04/08/2022
Censored edition?
Fascinating account. But oddly censored is the Wall St. address. Why I wonder? Ironically the might of the pen of lawyers?
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- Mr Wilson
- 29/03/2022
Delightful and disturbing…
My first time hearing this story and I was delighted and unsettled in equal measure. The narration was perfectly pitched and delivered subtly and masterfully… I couldn’t recommend it more highly….
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- Amazon Customer
- 10/03/2022
Intriguing, amusing, baffling.
I think Melville's prose is terrific so I devoured this. I couldn't tell you what he was getting at with this story, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
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- Amazon Customer
- 14/12/2021
a strange but compelling short story
very unusual story, interesting narrative style, seemed very formal at first but actually worked well
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