# Nippers — Bartleby, the Scrivener character guide

> Nippers in Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** chapter_1

## Who they are

A young, ambitious scrivener who suffers from indigestion and irritability in the mornings, but is calm and useful in the afternoons.

## In the story

### [Bartleby, The Scrivener](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/11231/chapters/bartleby-the-scrivener)

A young, ambitious scrivener plagued by indigestion and nervous irritability in the mornings, which smooths out by the afternoon.

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