Bartleby the Scrivener

Bartleby the Scrivener is a short story set in a Wall Street law office, where a mild-mannered employer hires a pale, eerily calm copyist named Bartleby. At first diligent to the point of obsession, Bartleby begins refusing every request with the same soft, immovable phrase: "I would prefer not to." As his refusals widen — no proofreading, no errands, no leaving — the narrator finds himself caught between exasperation, pity, and a strange, creeping helplessness before a man who seems to have quietly withdrawn from life itself.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-short-stories--6577582/support.