Bartleby, The Scrivener

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Bartleby, The Scrivener

Post by bedraggled » Wed Oct 17, 2018 9:47 pm

Are there other short stories as funny as Bartleby?

Jean Shepherd’s short stories are great and Catch-22 was a hoot.

Some of Mark Twain’s stuff was a rip.
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Re: Bartleby, The Scrivener

Post by dualstow » Thu Oct 18, 2018 8:25 am

O Henry was a good source of pre-Internet entertainment.
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Re: Bartleby, The Scrivener

Post by boglerdude » Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:49 pm

Matt Levine's articles are funny. Too information dense for me tho.
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