[DOC] [TLE] Bartleby the Scrivener Bartleby the Scrivener Summary - Shmoop [PAR] Free summary and analysis of Bartleby the Scrivener in Herman Melville's ... We 
learn that the Narrator is a well-to-do lawyer, who made a comfortable .... As 
everyone else unhappily (or anxiously, on Nippers' part) checks the document, 
he just ... However, when asked, Bartleby prefers not to say anything about 
himself or... [DOC] [TLE] Herman Melville's Bartleby, the Scrivener: An interactive ... - Slate [PAR] Oct 22, 2015 ... Bartleby, the Scrivener is a coy document. ... I do not speak it in vanity, but simply 
record the fact, that I was not .... When Nippers' was on, Turkey's was off; and vice 
versa. .... I would prefer not to, he said, and gently disappeared behind the 
screen. ... These are your own copies we are about to examine. [DOC] [TLE] Bartleby the Scriven: a Study Guide - Cummings Study Guides [PAR] Aug 21, 2009 ... Bartleby: New scrivener (one who copies documents). ... Thereafter, he continues 
to "prefer not to" do the narrator's bidding. .... I would prefer not to," Bartleby says, 
then goes back behind the screen. .... When he asks Bartleby whether he will 
reveal anything at all about himself, Bartleby gives his usual reply. [DOC] [TLE] Topics in "Bartleby the Scrivener"--Your Responses - Mrs. Shepard's ... [PAR] Jan 7, 2014 ... Why might he say I would prefer not to instead of I will not? ... When the 
narrator asks Bartleby to copy documents, he "gorges ... Melville reveals that 
Bartleby has a passion for copying, and has little inclination to do anything else. 
...... the narrator to stop asking Bartleby to work because he cares about his... [DOC] [TLE] Bartleby the Scrivener - Rewordify.com | Understand what you read [PAR] When Nippers' was on, Turkey's was off; and the other way around, too. .... for 
something to copy, he seemed to stuff (with food) himself on my documents. .... "I 
would prefer not to," he said, and gently disappeared behind the screen. ...... the 
mail, I thought that, having nothing else earthly to do, Bartleby would surely be 
less... [DOC] [TLE] Fall 1999 "Bartleby" postings to ISHMAIL - Rutgers University [PAR] Irony #1: As a scrivener or copyist, Bartleby was in a sense a forger; Irony #2: As 
the ... an indispensable part of a scrivener's business to verify the accuracy of his 
copy, .... Upon receiving the standard answer, "I would prefer not to," the narrator 
.... on the Dead Letter Office, not on anything he himself may have said or done,... [DOC] [TLE] Bartleby, the Scrivener (2) -  [PAR] Then, day by day, he refuses to do copying, refuses to leave the office, and ... In 
Bartleby; or, The Formula, Gilles Deleuze defines Bartleby's I would prefer not to
 as an ... When he says that it is an irreparable loss for there is no biography of 
.... it is significant that the attorney consciously puts Bartleby's desk besides his... [DOC] [TLE] Mr. Geib, el AmEx Jefe: Bartleby question...! [PAR] Jan 25, 2005 ... When asked to perform the tasks he was hired to perform, this ... Brian 
Hockenmaier said. .... Bartleby repeatedly retorts I would prefer not to, to 
anything and .... on a job as a scrivener, the dishonesty of the documents he is 
copying ..... Bartleby prefers not to do work other than copying because he does 
not... [DOC] [TLE] Bartleby, The Scrivener - Scribd [PAR] The Project Gutenberg EBook of Bartleby, The Scrivener, by Herman Melville 
This eBook .... over it in writing. that during the afternoon he had to do with my 
less important papers. .... "I would prefer not to. copying by sun-light and by 
candle-light. being much hurried ..... But when I asked him if they did. how now? 
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Question: Whenever this scrivener was asked to do anything else besides copy documents, he said, "I would prefer not to"
Answer: Bartleby