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Billy Budd
by Melville, Herman
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0895591324
- ISBN 13
- 9780895591326
- Seller
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Tokyo, Japan
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About This Item
US: Ventura Books, 1980. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Aboard the warship Bellipotent, the young orphan Billy Budd was called the handsome sailor. Billy was tall, athletic, nobel 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.
Synopsis
Billy Budd is a novella begun around 1886 by American author Herman Melville, left unfinished at his death in 1891 and not published until 1924. The work has been central to Melville scholarship since it was discovered in manuscript form among Melville's papers in 1924 and published the same year. It has an ignominious editorial history, as poor transcription and misinterpretation of Melville's notes on the manuscript marred the first published editions of the text.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Infinity Books Japan (JP)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000061463
- Title
- Billy Budd
- Author
- Melville, Herman
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0895591324
- ISBN 13
- 9780895591326
- Publisher
- Ventura Books
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1980
Terms of Sale
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About Infinity Books Japan
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