# The Narrator (Bartleby) — Short Fiction character guide

> The Narrator (Bartleby) in Short Fiction by Herman Melville.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Unknown, the man, this man

**First appearance:** 0000-bartleby

## Who they are

A Wall Street lawyer who hires Bartleby and tries to understand his passive resistance.

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