Bartleby the Scrivener

Bartleby the Scrivener

>>10015923
A good story.

>explain it to me, /lit/
I prefer not to

>>10015935
I now that you dolt, but what did I think of it?

>>10015946
Nice.

>>10015953
You didn't know what the fuck you just read

>>10015940
It's famous as a short story yet no-one can substantiate what makes it good. The plot was illogical, the characters unrealistic, and nothing really even happened.

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>>10015982
>nothing happened

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>>10015923
>>10015935
>>10015953
>>10015971
Sometimes this place really pulls through

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>>10015982
>nothing really even happened

Was Bartlebey autistic?

>>10015953
>but what did I think of it?
WTF you hate c(r)apitalism now.
Call yourself a #Marxman.

>>10017554
Proto-autistic almost certainly. And horribly alone.
His behavior becoming infectious at the office, by the way, is totally 'realistic.' Is a proto-instance of how memes get passed.

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A dull story, only worth reading as an introduction for the true masterpiece that is Bartleby & Co. by Enrique Vila-Matas.

>>10015982
It's Kafka before Kafka