Billy Budd (Annotated Edition)
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (982 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00AZKFDR0 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 179 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Written between 1888 and 1891, it was published posthumously in 1924.“Billy Budd” is a sea tale and follows the story of a young man who is impressed into service on different ships. It is a novella full of adventure and mutinies, which at the same time reflects on the nature of good and evil, as usual in Melville’s prose.It has been adapted for the screen numerous times.This edition also contains a biographic profile of Melville and a complete bibliography of his novels and short stories.. “Billy Budd” is a novella by American writer Herman Melville (1819-1891)
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A classic picture of harsh life at sea G. C. Carter Not sure what prompted me to read this classic; it reminds one of harsh life at sea in the 1800's.. "Bartleby the Scrivener" according to Faye Ku. I got this collection because it contains one of my favorite stories, "Bartleby, the Scrivener". It might be the first story about the modern day worker :) What do you do when confronted with someone who suddenly refuses to conform to societal expectations? What if this person will not lift a finger to help himself? Whose responsibility does he become?Maybe we each have a breaking point, some boundary beyond which the spirit would re. Al said What is he saying?. Just about impossible to read, this book had no impact on me. I basically missed the main scene.