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		<title>Bartleby the Scrivener Explained: Why Refusal Still Haunts Us</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[What if Herman Melville sat with us and asked why refusal terrifies modern life?&#160;Introduction by Herman MelvilleI did not write Bartleby, the Scrivener to explain a man.I wrote it to place him where explanation fails.Bartleby enters an orderly world—one governed by reason, industry, and polite authority—and does nothing violent to it. He raises no fist, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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