Billy Budd
Edition: 1st Tor edition (3)
Publisher: TOR
Published: 1992 05
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780812504262
Copyright date: 1988
Subjects: Classics; Fiction / Classics; Literature - Classics / Criticism
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: TRIALS OF THE HANDSOME SAILOR
Aboard the warship Bellipotent, the young orphan Billy Budd was called the Handsome Sailor. Billy was tall, athletic, noble looking; he was friendly, innocent, helpful and ever-cheerful. He was a fierce fighter and a loyal friend. All the men and officers liked him...

All but one: Master-at-Arms Claggart. Envious, petty Claggart plotted to make Billy's life miserable. But when a fear of mutinies swept through the fleet, Claggart realized he could do more than just torment the Handsome Sailor...

He could frame Billy Budd for treason...
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