August's Well-Read Weekend

This month we will be reading…

Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville

Famously known for his novel Moby Dick, Herman Melville wrote both long form and short form fiction as well as the longest American epic poem (Clarel). In his short story, Bartleby the Scrivener, Melville explores what today’s audience might call “quiet quitting” and takes it to its extreme ends. What does it look like to slowly stop participating in work, in society, in life?

You can find this book for purchase here or here for free.

You can also find it in audio form here for free.

Be sure to return to this post once you’re done reading and comment below to get the discussion started.

What were your favorite scenes or characters? What’s your favorite quote from this work? If you’re re-reading it, how has your understanding changed in this reread?

Your Well-Read Weekend starts the 22nd.