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
Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories
โ Scribed by Melville, Herman
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Year
- 0
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 290 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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Herman Melville's final masterpiece, found unpublished on his desk at his death. _Billy Budd, Sailor_ would emerge, after its publication in 1924, as one of Melville's best-loved books--and one of his most open, with its discussion of homosexualty. In it, Melville returns to the sea to tell the
### Product Description Melville's short stories are masterpieces. The best are to be appreciated on more than one level and those presented here are rich with symbolism and spiritual depth. Set in 1797, Billy Budd, Foretopman exploits the tension of this period during the war between England and F