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Billy Budd
Billy Budd
Author: Herman Melville
Unpublished in Melville's lifetime, BILLY BUDD is considered one of his greatest works. It began as a ballad, but grew into a short novel with an ambiguous plot that raises more questions than it answers, about good and evil, justice and injustice. Billy Budd, a handsome, angelic, and beloved young sailor, is wrongly accused of inciting mutiny. ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780451517142
ISBN-10: 0451517148
Publication Date: 10/1/1961
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4 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: Signet Book
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, 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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