scrivener

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Laurence Olivier, the first-season host, showed off his range in fine versions of Herman Melville’s existentially comic tale of the scrivener, “Bartleby,” and Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2021

In "Minor Feelings," Hong firmly rejects the idea of having the authority to act as a scrivener or "spokesperson" for any racial identity.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2020

“I am but the scrivener looking for language that might please everybody,” he wrote in one email.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2017

“With submission, what word, sir,” asked Turkey, respectfully crowding himself into the contracted space behind the screen, and by so doing, making me jostle the scrivener.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2015

He pursued the laborious profession of a scrivener, and having realized an ample fortune, retired into the country to enjoy it.

From Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)