Bartleby, the Scrivener
Herman Melville (1853)
In a Wall Street law office, a new copyist named Bartleby quietly begins refusing ordinary tasks with the phrase “I would prefer not to.” His passive resistanc…
Quick Facts
- Grade band: Grades 8–12
- Maturity: 7
- Reading stats:
- Accessible — FKGL: 4.5 | 5,109 Words
- Abridged — FKGL: 5.1 | 10,095 Words
- Original — FKGL: 8.9 | 14,471 Words
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