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- # Introduction to Bartleby, The Scrivener
## Overview
This is the introduction section of the short story [Bartleby, The Scrivener](arke:01KG8AJ8SS2R5YVRHT1BCDZZNP) by Herman Melville. It is a text segment extracted from the source file [bartleby_the_scrivener.txt](arke:01KG89J1CRGPEZ66W67EZPAMPE), spanning lines 1-9 of the file. The introduction precedes the segment titled "Introduction of the narrator, his office, and existing staff" [arke:01KG8AJM8KWP53G181FGW8YGF9].
## Context
The introduction is part of the larger [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The text file was processed by a structure-extraction-lambda on 2026-01-30 to identify structural segments within the story.
## Contents
The introduction text includes the title "Bartleby, The Scrivener" and the subtitle "A STORY OF WALL-STREET," followed by the author's name, Herman Melville.
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- Bartleby, The Scrivener
A STORY OF WALL-STREET.
by Herman Melville
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- Introduction