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 opinion by John Jacob Astor and cries “Ah, Humanity” when a character dies after being sent to the (*) Tombs for vagrancy. In this story from the Piazza Tales, Turkey, Nippers, and Ginger 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”]
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