Billy Budd, Sailor and Selected Tales
| Author | : Herman Melville |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 468 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0192839039 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780192839039 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (039 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Billy Budd, Sailor and Selected Tales by : Herman Melville
Download or read book Billy Budd, Sailor and Selected Tales written by Herman Melville and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outwardly a narrative of events aboard a British man-of-war during the turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars, this novel is a nautical recasting of the Fall, a parable of good and evil, a meditation on justice and political governance, and a portrait of three extraordinary men.