num_pages: 132
description: Melville's last work, it is a brilliant study of conflicts between social authority and individual freedom, human righteousness and evil. It is the story of a naive young man who is accused of a crime he has not committed. Melville has wonderfully portrayed the agony and helplessness of a young spirit against social injustice. Noteworthy for its infinite interpretations it arrests the reader's interest.(back cover)
language: English
title: Billy Budd
titlecomplete: Billy Budd
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: 17523
places: Mediterranean Sea
publisher: Read How You Want