Billy Budd
Title | Billy Budd PDF eBook |
Author | Herman Melville |
Publisher | Aerie |
Pages | 129 |
Release | 1992-05-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1429959541 |
Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title--offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords. This edition of Billy Budd includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by James Gunn. Aboard the warship Bellipotent, the young orphan Billy Budd was called the handsome sailor. Billy was tall, athletic, noble looking; he was friendly, innocent, helpful and ever-cheerful. He was a fierce fighter and a loyal friend. All the men and officers liked him... All but one: Master-at-Arms Claggart. Envious, petty Claggart plotted to make Billy's life miserable. But when a fear of mutinies swept through the fleet, Claggart realized he could do more than just torment the Handsome Sailor...He could frame Billy Budd for treason... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Billy Budd, Sailor and Selected Tales
Title | Billy Budd, Sailor and Selected Tales PDF eBook |
Author | Herman Melville |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 468 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780192839039 |
Outwardly a narrative of events aboard a British man-of-war during the turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars, this novel is a nautical recasting of the Fall, a parable of good and evil, a meditation on justice and political governance, and a portrait of three extraordinary men.
Billy Budd And Other Stories
Title | Billy Budd And Other Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Herman Melville |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 363 |
Release | 2014-11-04 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1443441937 |
Billy Budd and Other Stories is a collection of author Herman Melville’s most remarkable short stories. In the titular story, unfinished at the time of the author’s death, Billy Budd’s life takes an unexpected turn when he is pressed into service in the Royal Navy, and runs afoul of the jealous master-at-arms as the result of a rash, though sorely provoked, act. This collection also includes “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” “The Encantadas,” and “The Piazza,” among others. Now considered to be a master-storyteller, Herman Melville’s work was poorly received during his lifetime. He is one of the most studied novelists in English literature, and was the first writer to be collected and published by the Library of America. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.
Billy Budd
Title | Billy Budd PDF eBook |
Author | Herman Melville |
Publisher | MacMillan |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781405072274 |
"1797 - the Mediterranean. Britain and France are at war. British warships are fighting French warships. Young Billy Budd arrives on the British warship, Indomitable. Billy is strong and handsome. Most of the sailors on the ship like Billy. But he has an enemy - John Claggart, the master-at-arms. Claggart hates Billy. And he has a plan. He will make trouble for the young sailor." -- Cover.
Billy Budd
Title | Billy Budd PDF eBook |
Author | Herman Melville |
Publisher | Broadview Press |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 2016-09-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1770485759 |
“Is it the intention of law-makers that good men shall be hung ever?” asked Henry David Thoreau. The question has never been academic, but in 1924, when Herman Melville’s Billy Budd, Sailor was published posthumously, we understood better than ever why. An uneasy if beautiful account of the human cost of realpolitik, Billy Budd, Sailor asks how far we should go to protect the status quo. When does the reaction to a security crisis become reactionary? In the novella John Claggart, master-at-arms of a British warship, alleges a sailor is talking mutiny. The sailor, Billy, isn’t just innocent of the charge; he’s a true innocent. Yet when confronted by his accuser, Billy reacts impulsively, striking Claggart. The resulting trial shows the horrors that can follow from a civilized society following its own laws. This Broadview Edition is based on the authoritative Hayford-Sealts copy-text of Billy Budd. The introduction distills the long and complex critical conversation about the work since its publication, and the historical appendices feature materials on mutiny, capital and corporal punishment, philosophical pessimism, sexuality, and the rule of law.
Billy Budd
Title | Billy Budd PDF eBook |
Author | Mervyn Cooke |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 198 |
Release | 1993-07-08 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780521387507 |
A detailed synopsis guides the reader through the musical and dramatic action of the opera, Billy Budd.
Billy Budd
Title | Billy Budd PDF eBook |
Author | Herman Melville |
Publisher | |
Pages | 399 |
Release | 1963 |
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