Billy Budd, Sailor
Subtitle: (An Inside Narrative )
By: By Herman Melville
Contributors: Harrison Hayford (Editor); Jr., Merton M. Sealts (Editor)
Edition: printing (16)
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780226321325
Copyright date: 1962
Subjects: 19th century fiction; Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century; Fiction; Literature - Classics / Criticism; American English; English; USA; Classics; Fiction / Classics; General; Executions and executioners; Impressment; Sailors; Ship captains
First sentence: In the time before steamships, or then more frequently than now, a stroller along the docks of any considerable seaport would occasionally have his attention arrested by a group of bronzed mariners, man-of-war's men or merchant sailors in holiday attire, ashore on liberty.
Description: This volume provides the first accurate version of Melville's final novel, differing in important aspects from previously available editions. Through exhaustive study, the editors have evolved the definitive text and shed new light on this widely discussed work of fiction.
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