Known best for his avant-garde and modernistic style, Herman Melville's stories come together in the compilation "Billy Budd and Other Stories." In "Billy Budd, Foretopman," Melville returns to the sea life and describes the tale of a well-liked sailor who is wrongly convicted of trying to enact mut
Billy Budd and Other Stories
โ Scribed by Herman Melville
- Publisher
- PENGUIN group
- Year
- 2011;2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 261 KB
- Edition
- New Ed
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
"Billy Budd, Sailor," a classic confrontation between good and evil, is the story of an innocent young man unable to defend himself from wrongful accusations. Other selections include "Bartleby," "The Piazza," "The Encantadas," "The Bell-Tower," "Benito Cereno," "The Paradise of Bachelors," and "The Tartarus of Maids."
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If Melville had never written **Moby Dick** , his place in world literature would be assured by his short tales. "Billy Budd, Sailor," his last work, is the masterpiece in which he delivers the final summation in his "quarrel with God." It is a brilliant study of the tragic clash between social auth
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*.
9781434001085
9781434001085