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EPISODE · Apr 10, 2026 · 57 MIN

The Piazza Tales Chapter 2 - Bartleby Part 1

from The Herman Melville Library · host Herman Melville

In which a cautious and methodical legal practitioner, surrounded by his peculiar clerks, encounters Bartleby, a singularly pale and passive scrivener whose steadfast refusals unsettle the customary workings of the office. Observing Bartleby’s silent industry and mysterious solitude, the lawyer contemplates the enigma of this meek yet inscrutable figure who quietly inhabits a desolate existence within the city’s heart.

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In which a cautious and methodical legal practitioner, surrounded by his peculiar clerks, encounters Bartleby, a singularly pale and passive scrivener whose steadfast refusals unsettle the customary workings of the office. Observing Bartleby’s...

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