Bartleby's occupation of the office and the narrator's discovery

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# Bartleby's occupation of the office and the narrator's discovery ## Overview This is a section within the chapter "[Bartleby](arke:01KG8AJK1PKEBJJCANV911N8JS)" of Herman Melville's short story, extracted from the file [the_piazza_tales.txt](arke:01KG89J1F4D8P9BBX9AMGZ7TX7). It covers lines 1227-1342 of the source text. The section is titled "Bartleby's occupation of the office and the narrator's discovery." ## Context This section is part of the larger [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. It follows the section "[Narrator's reconciliation and continued struggle with Bartleby's behavior.](arke:01KG8AK3ENRPAK4RV8M25EDECJ)" and precedes "[Narrator's attempts to dismiss Bartleby and Bartleby's continued refusals](arke:01KG8AK413B1B5DE657R62VJZ2)". ## Contents This section describes the narrator's discovery that Bartleby has been living in his office. It contains three chunks of text: 1. The narrator recounts finding Bartleby in his chambers on a Sunday morning, dressed in disheveled clothing and refusing entry. The narrator then describes his curiosity and subsequent discovery that Bartleby has been eating, sleeping, and living in the office [Chunk 1](arke:01KG8AKSGCMC57GCYJ7YSC3HXT). 2. The narrator reflects on Bartleby's friendlessness and loneliness, contrasting it with the bustling life of Wall Street during the week. He then notices Bartleby's closed desk and, deciding to look inside, finds an old bandanna handkerchief containing a savings’ bank [Chunk 2](arke:01KG8AKT57PSBZ2KC2PQK37VK3). 3. The narrator recalls Bartleby's quiet mysteries and austere reserve, and couples them with the discovery that Bartleby has made the office his home. The narrator's initial pity begins to merge into fear and repulsion [Chunk 3](arke:01KG8AKT57GV20293M1PQ7JTNM).

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Bartleby's occupation of the office and the narrator's discovery

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Bartleby's occupation of the office and the narrator's discovery