Billy Budd And Other Stories

Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 1443441937
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 363

Book Description
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, Sailor and Selected Tales

Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192839039
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 468

Book Description
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

Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: Aerie
ISBN: 1429959541
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129

Book Description
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 Other Stories

Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780140390537
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 420

Book Description
Seven stories deal with a slave rebellion, an obstinate copyist, an accidental murder, a voyage to the Galapagos Islands, and a bachelors' dinner party

Billy Budd

Author: Herman Melville
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 399

Book Description

Billy Budd

Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: MacMillan
ISBN: 9781405072274
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"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 and Other Tales

Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101052724
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385

Book Description
A master of the american short story Included in this rich collection are: The Piazza, Bartleby the Scrivener, Benito Cereno, The Lightning-Rod Man, The Encantadas, The Bell-Tower, and The Town-Ho's Story.

Billy Budd & Other Stories

Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853267499
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316

Book Description
Stung by the critical reception and lack of commercial success of his previous two works, Moby-Dick and Pierre, Herman Melville became obsessed with the difficulties of communicating his vision to readers. His sense of isolation lies at the heart of these later works. "Billy Budd, Sailor," a classic confrontation between good and evil, is the story of an innocent young man unable to defend himself against a wrongful accusation. The other selections here-"Bartleby," "The Encantadas," "Benito Cereno," and "The Piazza"-also illuminate, in varying guises, the way fictions are created and shared with a wider society. In his introduction Frederick Busch discusses Melville's preoccupation with his "correspondence with the world," his quarrel with silence, and why fiction was, for Melville, "a matter of life and death." Book jacket.

Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories

Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780808519423
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Short stories include portraits of a young sailor's clash with authority, the extreme passive resistance of a law clerk, and a mutiny on a slave ship

The Encantadas and Other Stories

Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486115402
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
This collection features 14 of Melville's short stories reprinted from Harper's and Putnam's magazines, including "The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles," a dramatic story set on the Galapagos Islands, plus "The Bell-Tower," more.