Bartleby the Scrivener (2011)
“From the perspective of Bartleby, the Scrivener, this is the church bell that the narrator hears while walking around, awaiting Bartleby to let him in to his own office. The following text accompanies the illustration in Appleton’s, describing the busy streets of New York’s financial center: The view from Trinity-Church steeple is animated and picturesque, and strangers visiting the city should not fail to enjoy the varied and really beautiful prospect. Above, the view stretches for miles, a wi...lderness of roofs and steeples; while below, the picture on one side takes in East River and Brooklyn; on the other, North River and the bay. Broadway, from this stand, seems narrow, and the tall buildings that here confine it have the effect of an architectural canon. The nearest church is St. Paul’s, opposite the Park Bank and Herald buildings, which obstructs the view of the Park, the City Hall, and the new post-office. The monument in the immediate foreground is a handsome Gothic pile, in imitation of the monumental crosses so common in European cities.MoreLess
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