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Billy Budd
Billy Budd
Author: Herman Melville
Billy Budd has been called the best short novel ever written. In his brilliantly condensed narrative prose, Herman Melville fashioned a "parable of innocence" in which a natural man is defeated by evil intellect. For all those who feel themselves threatened by a hostile and inflexible environment, there is special significance in this haunting s...  more »
ISBN: 397894
Publication Date: 6/1972
Pages: 95
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Publisher: Washington Square Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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short storys by melville,very good reading
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A painful account of the destruction of good by the forces of evil, set on the open sea.
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A good book for an introduction to classical literature for young teens and middle schoolers


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