Billy Budd by Herman Melville

Billy Budd by Herman Melville

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Summary

This tale, one of Melville's shorter works of fiction, is a product of the strange and complex imagination that produced "Moby-dick". written "in prose nouveau riche in its verbal splendour, antiquarian in its delight, bible-echoed, allusive, elaborate".

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Billy Budd by Herman Melville

they have the same compelling and mysterious power, defying ultimate interpretation. the selection includes "bartleby", "the enchanted", "benito cereno" (dramatized by robert lowell) and one of melville's supreme masterpieces, "billy budd, sailor". harold beaver's introduction and notes will aid the reader's understanding and enjoyment of one of the most allusive and book-haunted of all writers, 'now recognized as a giant among american men of letters', equal in his own sphere to the greatest of his european contemporaries.
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ISBN 13 9780140621754
ISBN 10 014062175X
Title Billy Budd
Author Herman Melville
Series Penguin Popular Classics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1995-05-25
Number of pages 96
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.