Episode 16: Bartleby the Scrivener - A Story of Wall Street

If your boss asks you to do anything at work today, respond with “I would prefer not to” because what is work these days if not an act devoid of meaning yet ripe with repetition and mechanization. In this week’s episode, we’ll be talking about Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street, a tragic yet humorous short novella by Herman Melville. The piece deals with how work in the modern sense makes us desolate, both in terms of extinguishing our inner lives as well as our external relationships, leaving us lonely and trapped. Ah, Bartleby. Ah, Humanity. Is there hope for us yet?

You can read Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street (free) here.
You can listen to the short story (free) here.

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