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Billy Budd, Sailor An Inside Narrative Herman Melville Classic Books The plot follows Billy Budd, a seaman impressed into service aboard HMS Bellipotent in the year 1797, when the British Royal Navy was reeling from two major mutinies and was threatened by the Revolutionary French... Read Full Overview

Hayford and Sealts's text was the first accurate version of Melville's final novel. Based on a close analysis of the manuscript, thoroughly annotated, and packaged with a history of the text and perspectives for its criticism, this edition will remain the definitive version of... Read Full Overview

Cheerful, hardworking, and handsome, Billy is pressed into naval service aboard a British ship during the Napoleonic wars. The innocent and lovable young man quickly wins the hearts of all his comrades, save one: Claggart, the implacably bitter master-at-arms, who falsely accuses... Read Full Overview

Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer... Read Full Overview

"Billy Budd" is the final work of American author Herman Melville which was discovered amongst his papers three decades after his death and first published in Raymond Weaver's 1924 edition of "The Collected Works of Melville." The emergence of that collection as well as Weaver's... Read Full Overview

While Moby Dick is Herman Melville's best known book Billy Budd, Sailor is considered by many to be his greatest work.

Billy, a foundling from Bristol, has an innocence, good looks and a natural charisma that make him popular with the crew. His only physical defect is... Read Full Overview

Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title--offering clear, accurate, and readable... Read Full Overview

While Moby Dick is Herman Melville's best known book Billy Budd Sailor is considered by many to be his greatest work.

Billy a foundling from Bristol has an innocence good looks and a natural charisma that make him popular with the crew. His only physical defect is a... Read Full Overview

Billy Budd, Sailor is a maritime classic from the master pen of Herman Melville. Written some forty years after Moby Dick, Melville's Billy Budd is a moving tale of good versus evil. Set aboard a British navy ship at the end of the eighteenth century,... Read Full Overview

"Is it the intention of law-makers that good men shall be hung ever?" asked Henry David Thoreau. The question has never been academic, but in 1924, when Herman Melville's Billy Budd, Sailor was published posthumously, we understood better than ever why. An uneasy if beautiful... Read Full Overview

Listeners will be captivated by this moving tale of good versus evil through the life of winsome young sailor Billy Budd. Aboard a 1700s British warship, virtuous Billy is unfairly accused of treason by the villainous Master of Arms--a cold-blooded superior officer intent on... Read Full Overview

Although published after his death, Herman Melville's Billy Budd is now placed alongside his classic "Moby-Dick" as one of the great books of Western literature.