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You can find it under projectnew media filenew audio note. Written by herman melville, audiobook narrated by emma hignett. Regarded as one of the greatest novellas ever written, melvilles bartleby, the scrivener follows a nondescript law clerk, bartleby, who takes a stand against the tyranny of modern life and makes an art form out of nonconformity in the process. In the story, a wall street lawyer hires a new clerk who, after an initial bout of hard work, refuses.
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Librivox founded in 2005 is a community of volunteers from all over the world who record public domain texts. The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file. Published on april 1, 1857 presumably the exact day of the novels setting, the confidenceman was melvilles tenth major work in eleven years. Librivox audiobooks are free for anyone to listen to, on their computers, ipods or other. Bartleby, the scrivener audiobook written by herman melville. Bartleby the scrivener by herman melville on free audio book. The narrator, an elderly, unnamed manhattan lawyer, already employs two scriveners to copy legal documents by hand. We have a guide which explains how to get librivox audio files. One day, bartleby s employer requests he proofread one of the documents he has copied.
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