Billy Budd, Sailor

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Herman Melville: Billy Budd, Sailor (Hardcover, 1962, University of Chicago Press)

Hardcover, 220 pages

English language

Published June 2, 1962 by University of Chicago Press.

ISBN:
978-0-226-32131-8
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OCLC Number:
568103686

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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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  • Sea stories