Billy Budd, Sailor (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486813639)

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 Billy Budd, Sailor was discovered unfinished in the author's desk shortly after his 1891 death and remained unpublished until 1924.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.

Author: Herman Melville
ISBN-10: 0486813630
ISBN-13: 9780486813639
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 03/17/2017
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.15lbs
Size: 7.80h x 4.90w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 10.6
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 32373 / Billy Budd, Sailor