Bartleby, the Scrivener
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Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street by Herman Melville is a poignant narrative that explores themes of isolation, free will, and the mechanization of life. The story unfolds in a Wall Street law office, where the lawyer-narrator hires Bartleby, a scrivener whose initial industriousness gives way to passive resistance…
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This book was written in the nineteenth century before autism was even a diagnosis, but it portrays a character with some potentially neurodiverse traits and immortalises the line "I would prefer not to" (I think we all would prefer not to, sometimes).
Part of the reason I love this book is because it is short and intense. Bartleby is a young man engaged as a scrivener by the narrator, quickly proving himself to be a valuable employee with qualities such as "steadiness, freedom from all dissipation, great stillness, unalterableness of demeanour under all circumstances." He was a creature of habit,…
From Ann's list on neurodiversity: our unique and brilliant brains.
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