Bartleby, the Scrivener (version 2)
Herman Melville
Read by Bob Neufeld
Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street is a novella by the American novelist Herman Melville (1819–1891). It first appeared anonymously in two parts in the November and December 1853 editions of Putnam's Magazine, and was reprinted with minor textual alterations in his The Piazza Tales in 1856. ( Summary by Wikipedia ) (1 hr 55 min)
Chapters
| Part 01 | 35:27 | Read by Bob Neufeld |
| Part 02 | 33:44 | Read by Bob Neufeld |
| Part 03 | 25:29 | Read by Bob Neufeld |
| Part 04 | 20:46 | Read by Bob Neufeld |
Reviews
A perfectly matched reading
Honest John
The reading and the story were a petfect match. The behaviour of the lawyer in tolerating the ultimate passive resistor is only made explicable by the humane tones of the narrator. A wonderful story, superbly read in the manner of those times abnd the style of the prose.
An Odd Old Story With an Excellent Reader
Recluse_Rambler
Bob Neufeld performs brilliantly as always. The story itself is somewhat perplexing and bleak, an interesting listen to be sure.
Wonderfully Read
Bleussarian
I've never read anything by Melville, but the way this was read made it entertaining and easy to follow. It was easy to find the humor in the story because of this. I was pleasantly surprised and am inspired to look into more works by Melville and those read by this man.
YES!
QuikiWikiMan
I agree with everyone else in that Mr Neufeld gives a fine reading and I just wish other Libri Vox recordings could match his quality. Melville can indeed be a bit tricky.
More Greatness from Mr. Neufeld
Alessandro Serenelli
Mr. Neufeld's readings are consistently wonderful! He imparts such subtle power to this great short work; a very good job indeed!
very good reading of this very good story
A LibriVox Listener
Well done. Nice narration with a great voice for the story. Thanks for contributing.
azura
the voice acting was nice and there wasn’t any problems understanding what was being said or unusual noises or breathing.
Extraordinary!
Guilherme de Vilhena
Once again Mr. Bob Neufeld generously delight us with his exceptional narrative skills. With my deepest appreciation, G.