Background: http://www.bartleby.com/129/ http://www.bartleby.com/129/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartleby,_the_Scrivener https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartle

Background: http://www.bartleby.com/129/ http://www.bartleby.com/129/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartleby,_the_Scrivener https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartleby,_the_Scrivener This rewrite differs considerably from the original. Bartholomew is sinister and parasitic in a way that Bartleby was not. Less absurdist Kafka than Orwellian nightmare. Both versions have virtues.