Beloved of Kafka and Camus, and widely regarded as one of the greatest short stories ever written, Bartleby the Scrivener was first published in 1853.

NEW BEDFORD — Aviary Books will be hosting their first Melville Short Story Marathon, featuring the stories "Bartleby the Scrivener," "The Encantadas" and "The Lightning-Rod Man" on Jan. 3.

The panel have chosen these novels on the theme of Rule Breakers: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville; Habibi by Craig Thompson; How to Be ...