The Narrator of "Bartleby" Timeline and Summary
MoreThe 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.