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The Narrator of "Bartleby" Timeline and Summary

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The Narrator of "Bartleby" Timeline and Summary

  • The narrator is a lawyer in his 60s working mostly with mortgages and such.
  • He has a number of copyists in his office, but needs to hire another. So he hires Bartleby.
  • Bartleby works well at first, but then he starts refusing to do things.
  • Eventually he refuses to work at all; also, he's living in the office.
  • The narrator tries to get him to move out and fails. So he moves his own offices instead.
  • The new owners of the rooms where Bartleby is staying kick him out, and eventually have him taken to jail.
  • The lawyer visits Bartleby but can't help him.
  • Bartleby dies. The lawyer is sad.