description: Billy Budd is among the greatest of Melville's works and, in its richness and ambiguity, among the most problematic. Outwardly a compelling narrative of events aboard a British man-of-war during the turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars, Billy Budd, Sailor is a nautical recasting of the Fall, a parable of good and evil, a meditation on justice and political governance, and a searching portrait of three extraordinary men. In this edition are also eight shorter tales, reprinted from the most authoritative recent editions and are supplemented by a penetrating introduction and full notes.
language: English
title: Billy Budd
titlecomplete: Billy Budd
characters: Billy Budd, John Claggart, Captain Edward Fairfax Vere
genres: Fiction, American, Short Stories, School, Literature, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Novella
ratings_count: 17528
places: Mediterranean Sea
publisher: Signet Classics