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Quotation from Billy Budd and Other Stories by Herman Melville
“Dead letters! does it not sound like dead men”
Billy Budd and Other Stories, Bartleby, the Scrivener (closing paragraphs) (Putnam's Monthly (1853) / Piazza Tales (1856))
The narrator reflects on the rumour that Bartleby once worked in the Dead Letter Office.
Citation: "Dead letters! does it not sound like dead men" — Herman Melville, Billy Budd and Other Stories, Bartleby, the Scrivener (closing paragraphs) (Putnam's Monthly (1853) / Piazza Tales (1856)). (id billy-budd-and-other-stories-q2)
Portrait: Herman Melville by Joseph O Eaton, Joseph Oriel Eaton, Public domain.
