Bartleby, The Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street (Annotated)

"Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" (1853) is a short tale by the American writer Herman Melville, first serialized anonymously in two parts in the November and December editions of Putnam's Magazine, and reprinted with minor textual alterations in his The Piazza Tales in 1856. Numerous essays are published on what according to scholar Robert Milder "is unquestionably the masterpiece of the short fiction" in the Melville canon.
This edition has been formatted for your NOOK, with an active table of contents. It has also been annotated, with extensive additional information about the story and Herman Melville, including an overview, plot, inspiration, analysis, legacy, biographical and bibliographical information.