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A character in this story is placed behind a high green folding screen so that “privacy and society” could be conjoined. In an area that is “as deserted as Petra” on a Sunday, this story’s narrator is distressed to discover a “sole spectator of a solitude” keeping a blanket under a desk. An elderly man in this story repeatedly mentions being held in high (15[1])opinion by John Jacob Astor and cries “Ah, Humanity” when a character dies (-5[1])after being sent (15[1])to (15[1])the (*) Tombs (10[1])for (10[1])vagrancy. In this story from the Piazza Tales, Turkey, Nippers, and Ginger (10[1])Nut are vexed by an employee’s refusal to copy legal documents. For 10 points, a clerk who frequently responds with “I would prefer not to” titles what “Story of Wall Street” by Herman Melville? ■END■

ANSWER: Bartleby the Scrivener” [or “Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street”]
<Literature - American Literature>
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