Herman Melville

Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-street
By Herman Melville

Bartleby, Savitri, & Me
By Sam Swope
Teacher Magazine
January 1, 2005

The idea sounded great: conduct a seminar for English teachers in one of the world's greatest libraries, with literary experts leading scholarly discussions. But after the author asked a department of ed employee to award the teachers credit, he was reminded of Melville's scrivener, who'd prefer not to.