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Billy Budd, Sailor

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An edition of Billy Budd (1900)

Billy Budd, Sailor

(An Inside Narrative )

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  • ★★★ 3.2 (5 ratings) ·
  • 36 Want to read
  • 9 Have read

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.
--back cover

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University of Chicago Press
Language
English
Pages
230

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open_syllabus_project, literature, classics, classic literature, Sailors, Ship captains, Fiction, Executions and executioners, Impressment, Sea stories, adult readers, Study and teaching, Historical Fiction, American literature, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, sea stories, Large type books, Adventure stories, American Adventure stories, American Sea stories, Executions and executioners--fiction, Ship captains--fiction, Impressment--fiction, Sailors--fiction, Ps2384 .b5 2016, 813/.3

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Billy Budd, Sailor
2020-01-03, LibriVox
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Billy Budd
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Billy Budd, Sailor: (An Inside Narrative )
2003, University of Chicago Press
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Billy Budd
1999 September, Perfection Learning Prebound
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Billy Budd
1992 05, TOR
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Billy Budd, marin
1987 May 14, Gallimard
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Billy Budd: abridged
1980, Caedmon
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Billy Budd
1980, Ventura Books
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Billy Budd
1972 June, Washington Square Press (Pocket Books)
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Billy Budd: With Reader's Guide
1971, Amsco School Publications
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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."

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Reading Text and Genetic Text

Published in
London, England
Copyright Date
1962

Contributors

Editor
Harrison Hayford
Editor
Merton M. Sealts, Jr.

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
ix, 219p.
Number of pages
230
Dimensions
7.8 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
Weight
6.4 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9435191M
Internet Archive
billybuddsailora0000melv_s1m7
ISBN 10
0226321320
ISBN 13
9780226321325
LCCN
62017135
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0226321320
Google
LMC-GqItKwkC
Library Thing
61331
Goodreads
15611

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Work 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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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.
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