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Re:What Happened to the Book Herman Melville Wrote After ‘Mo... by jhbadger on Thursday May 03, 2018 @01:53PM (#16988150)
And there's always the great short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener", perhaps the first commentary on the meaninglessness of office life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartleby,_the_Scrivener

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Re:What Happened to the Book Herman Melville Wrote After ‘Mo... by cjarrett on Thursday May 03, 2018 @06:35PM (#16990650)
One could also derive interesting parallels to modern times with his 'Confidence-Man' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Confidence-Man
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Re:What Happened to the Book Herman Melville Wrote After ‘Mo... by oh_sigh on Thursday May 03, 2018 @02:46PM (#16988656)
I would prefer not to.
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Re:What Happened to the Book Herman Melville Wrote After ‘Mo... by freeloop10 on Thursday May 03, 2018 @04:23PM (#16989572)
ok
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