{"product_id":"9781411467156","title":"Bartleby the Scrivener and The Confidence Man (Barnes \u0026 Noble Digital Library)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.\u003c\/b\u003eAlthough most people do not think of Herman Melville as a particularly funny writer, his \"Bartleby, the Scrivener\" and \u003ci\u003eThe Confidence Man\u003c\/i\u003e have kept readers laughing for a century and a half. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bartleby\" is a simultaneously accurate and absurd depiction of life in a Wall Street office in the middle of the nineteenth century. It is the gentle comedy of a boss' helpless inability to control a stubborn employee, who when asked to do ordinary chores around the office simply responds, \"I prefer not to.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Confidence Man,\u003c\/i\u003e Melville skewers the hypocrisies and inadequacies of America and Western civilization through ridicule. His biting satire leaves many readers smirking until the moment when they recognize someone remarkably like themselves as the next target in the con man's sights.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127802708208,"sku":"9781411467156","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781411467156_p0.jpg?v=1769897802","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781411467156","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}