Billy Budd, Sailor

Cheerful, hardworking, and handsome, Billy is pressed into naval service aboard a British ship during the Napoleonic wars. The innocent and lovable young man quickly wins the hearts of all his comrades, save one: Claggart, the implacably bitter master-at-arms, who falsely accuses Billy of inciting mutiny. Rich in ambiguities, Herman Melville's haunting parable of the clash between good and evil raises thought-provoking issues related to the conflict between the requirements of the law and the needs of humanity.
This is the definitive edition of Melville's classic tale. Billy Budd, Sailor was discovered unfinished in the author's desk shortly after his 1891 death and remained unpublished until 1924. This text is the result of years of study and scrupulous research by Melville scholars. It offers students and other lovers of literature the best and most authentic version of the American storyteller's final masterpiece.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 03/17/2017
ISBN: 9780486813639
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.15lbs
Size: 7.80h x 4.90w x 0.50d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 32373 / Billy Budd, Sailor
Reading Level: 10.6 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 6