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Just finished reading, for the first time, the short story "Bartleby, The Scrivener" by Melville.

I have also been reading the essays in David Foster Wallace in Context[1], published in November of 2022.

And I'm looking forward to reading here soon the seemingly first ever English translation of Philipp Mainländer's The Philosophy of Redemption[2], just published several weeks ago.

1: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/david-foster-wallace-in...

2: https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Redemption-Philipp-Mainl%C...

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I found Bartleby to be a fantastic short read that stuck with me. Did you like it?

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Oh, yes, exceedingly so. I found it to be extraordinary[1]. It has been on the back of my mind to-read since late summer of 2019, where the recommendation came from a soft-spoken lecturer.

1: For example, ranging from "...Nippers would sometimes impatiently rise from his seat, and stooping over his table, spread his arms wide apart, seize the whole desk..." to "...at leisure intervals I looked a little into 'Edwards on the Will,' and 'Priestly on Necessity'..."