One section of this work sees a character mistake another for a "gentleman forger," as they are always "pale and genteel-like
One section of this work sees a character mistake another for a "gentleman forger," as they are always "pale and genteel-like," and its narrator discusses how he loves the sound of the name John Jacob Astor. The end of this work sees a character lying in the courtyards of the Tombs, while earlier its narrator discusses a rumor about the Dead Letter Office and that character. That character had eaten ginger nuts and worked alongside two men whose moods switch from pleasant to bad at noon, Turkey and Nippers, who work as copiers for the Lawyer. For 10 points, identify this work in which the title copier "would prefer not to," a short story by Herman Melville.
One section of this work sees a character mistake another for a "gentleman forger," as they are always "pale and genteel-like," and its narrator discusses how he loves the sound of the name John Jacob Astor.
{Bartleby}, the {Scrivener}: A Story of {Wall Street} [prompt on partial]