num_pages: 230
description: Hayford and Sealts's text was the first accurate version of Melville's final novel. Based on a close analysis of the manuscript, thoroughly annotated, and packaged with a history of the text and perspectives for its criticism, this edition will remain the definitive version of a profoundly suggestive story.
language: English
title: Billy Budd, Sailor
titlecomplete: Billy Budd, Sailor
characters: Captain Edward Fairfax Vere, John Claggart, Billy Budd
genres: American, Short Stories, Historical Fiction, Novella, School, Novels, Literature, Classics, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 17520
places: Mediterranean Sea
publisher: University of Chicago Press