Bartleby the scrivener by Herman Melville, 1853. In a fit of back-to-work doldrums, I picked up this slender novella which was my first time reading Melville. And what a time it was! Narrated by an unnamed lawyer and set in his Wall Street Office, Bartleby concerns. 8220;a few passages in the life of Bartleby, who was a scrivener, the strangest I ever saw or heard of. 8220;I would prefer not to. Subsequent events are only stranger.

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Thoughts on love, life and psychotherapy. maybe some confession, probably some thinking out loud, almost certainly some opinion. Saturday, April 26, 2008. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at. I seem to have run out of steam. I guess that means that Confessions has run its course. Inspired by the lively interest and debate this blog has previously met, I am gestating something a little more serious and a little less personal.

Sunday, July 9, 2017. I worked in a cotton mill all my life;. Why did I find this spunky little lady so fascinating? I have no idea. He had been involved in several north Georgia mill towns strikes. The day is coming! From Gilmer to Bartow is a mighty long way,.

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Friday, September 24, 2010. The First Person and Other Stories - Ali Smith. She is excellent at blending reality with fantasy. Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Fragile Things - Neil Gaiman. Monday, August 9, 2010.

January 29, 2013 8 Comments. Still when reading such a tome, one is allowed to have a break, to cheat on the book, to take in another book, as it were. Oh, all that cold and those grand layers of fine clothes and people stashed in huge country house.