Bartleby, the Scrivener, by Herman Melville

(Run Time: 1:27) Melville’s haunting tale of a quiet unassuming scrivener hired by a successful Wall Street law firm, but whose strange demeanor is an unwelcome presence. Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world—even those daunted by Moby Dick—Bartleby the Scrivener is regarded as one of the most absorbing and moving novellas ever written. Set in the mid-19th century on New York City's Wall Street, it was also, perhaps, Herman Melville's most prescient story: what if a young man caught up in the rat race of commerce finally just said, "I would prefer not to"? Included with your purchase, exclusively on Audiobrary: Julia interviews Edoardo Ballerini about his career and decision to undertake creating a collection of public domain audiobooks. Edoardo Ballerini (Narrator) - Called "a master in his field" (The New York Times) and "in a class by himself" (Oprah Daily), Edoardo  is a 2 time winner, and 5 time nominee, of the Audio Publishers Associations "Best Male Narrator" Award, a two time winner of Society of Voice Arts Awards, an AudioFile Magazine "Golden Voice" and the American Library Association's 2023 "Voice of Choice." He is also a familiar face on screens, with credits ranging from the recent A Murder at the End of the World to The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire. edoardoballerini.com