The narrator counts John Jacob Astor among his clients, and was recently promoted to Master in Chancery, but is dismayed to find a blanket lying underneath a desk behind a screen, and its owner is removed to the Tombs for vagrancy.
The narrator of this work claims that his neighborhood is "as deserted as Petra". After returning from church, he finds that his key does not work, and another character tries to keep two colleagues who are never angry at the same time under control. The narrator counts John Jacob Astor among his clients, and was recently promoted to Master in Chancery, but is dismayed to find a blanket lying underneath a desk behind a screen, and its owner is removed to the Tombs for vagrancy. A former employee of the Dead Letter Office, the title character is hired to assist Turkey and Nippers but soon refuses to perform any work. FTP, name this Melville "Story of Wall Street" about a lawyer and the titular clerk who responds to orders with the mantra "I would prefer not to."
The narrator of this work claims that his neighborhood is "as deserted as Petra".
“{Bartleby}, the Scrivener”