# The Lawyer — Bartleby, the Scrivener character guide

> The Lawyer in Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville.

**Role:** major

**First appearance:** 0000-bartleby-the-scrivener

## Who they are

The unnamed narrator and employer of Bartleby, a conservative and elderly man who runs a law practice on Wall Street.

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