Bartleby, the Scrivener · Character
The Lawyer
A prudent, elderly Wall Street lawyer who prizes comfort and method above all, he narrates the strange scrivener who quietly dismantles his well-ordered chambers.
major
First appearance: chapter_1
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Introduces himself as a safe, methodical man who works with rich men's bonds and mortgages.
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He runs a snug, unambitious practice among rich men's bonds and mortgages, employing copyists in a chambers whose windows look onto a blank wall. Profoundly convinced that the easiest way of life is best, he is a man of…
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psychological · ambivalent
The Lawyer is Bartleby's employer who is psychologically dominated and morally paralyzed… How this plays out →
- Bartleby
psychological · ambivalent
The Lawyer is Bartleby's employer who is psychologically dominated and morally paralyzed… How this plays out →
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