Billy Budd and Other Tales
By: Herman Melville ; with an introduction by Joyce Carol Oates.
Edition: 1st Signet Classic printing (Oates Introduction) (1)
Publisher: Signet Classic
Published: 1998-07
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9780451526878
Copyright date: 1998
Subjects: Adventure stories, American; Sea stories, American; Executions and executioners -- Fiction; Ship captains -- Fiction; Impressment -- Fiction; Sailors -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Billy Budd
Description: THE PIAZZA - BARTLEBY - BENITO CERENO - THE LIGHTNING-ROD MAN - THE ENCANTADAS - THE BELL TOWER - THE TOWN-HO’S STORY

The short stories of Herman Melville are considered today to be among the small masterpieces of American fiction. BILLY BUDD, Melville's posthumously published novella, is a classic tale of innocence, evil, and murder that depicts the rivalry between a simple, handsome young sailor and a demonic superior. BARTLEBY is the subtly comic tale of an apathetic scrivener, and BENITO CERENO is the story of a Spanish sea captain caught up in a slave revolt on his ship. Included in this volume are THE PIZZA TALES as well as THE TOWN-HO'S STORY, a chapter from MOBY-DICK. By turns haunting and comic, and always compelling, these fine stories convey the diversity and grandeur of Melville's talent as well as the depth of his themes.

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Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-329).
"Revised and updated bibliography."
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Table of contents: title: Billy Budd; title: The piazza; title: Bartleby; title: Benito Cereno; title: The lightning-rod man; title: The Encantadas, or, Enchanted Isles; title: The bell-tower; title: The town-ho's story from Moby Dick.