One character in this work is described as being the victim of "evil and indigestion" and that "brandy and water were altogether superfluous" to him. 
One character in this work is described as being the victim of "evil and indigestion" and that "brandy and water were altogether superfluous" to him. Though the title character only ate ginger nuts, the ginger had no effect on him, and he'd later not accept any food from the grub man in jail. The narrator of this story keeps a bust of Cicero in his office and employs a man who says "old age, even with a blot on the page is honorable" as an excuse for (*) working after noon; that man is named Turkey. At the end of this story, the narrator relates a rumor that the title character used to work in the Dead Letter Office before a change of administration, and earlier in the story that character hurts his eyes and is rendered unable to copy. Subtitled "A Story of Wall Street", FTP, name this short story by Herman Melville about a law clerk who starves to death after tirelessly repeating his mantra of "I Would Prefer Not To."
One character in this work is described as being the victim of "evil and indigestion" and that "brandy and water were altogether superfluous" to him.
“{Bartleby the Scrivener}: A Story of Wall Street”