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Bartleby, The Scrivener: A Story Of Wall-Street

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Book Title: Bartleby, the Scrivener : a Story of Wall-Street

Number of Pages: 76 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: CreateSpace

Item Height: 0.2 in

Publication Year: 2016

Topic: Short Stories (Single Author)

Genre: Fiction

Item Weight: 4.8 Oz

Item Length: 8 in

Author: Herman. Melville

Item Width: 5 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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