Bartleby the Scrivener
Bartleby the Scrivener
Who were the three people employed by the narrator. Need evidence.
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jill d #170087
At the period just preceding the advent of Bartleby, I had two persons as "copyists in my employment, and a promising lad as an office-boy. First, Turkey; second, Nippers; third, Ginger Nut. These may seem names, the like of which are not usually found in the Directory. In truth they were nicknames,
mutually conferred upon each other by my three clerks, and were deemed expressive of their respective persons or characters. Turkey was a short, pursy Englishman of about my own age, that is, somewhere not far from sixty."
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Bartleby the Scrivener/ Chapter One
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judy t #197809
His three employees were Turkey, Nippers, and Ginger Nut.
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jackie b #255979
I need text evidence.
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judy t #197809
The story clearly states that they are employed by him: "I had two persons as copyists in my employment, and a promising lad as an office-boy. First, Turkey; second, Nippers; third, Ginger Nut. "
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story Bartleby the Scrivener
