Billy Budd, Sailor, and Other Stories
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If Melville had never written Moby Dick, his place in world literature would be assured by his short tales. "Billy Budd, Sailor," his last work, is the masterpiece in which he delivers the final summation in his "quarrel with God." It is a brilliant study of the tragic clash between social authority and individual freedom, human justice and abstract good. Melville also explores this them... More
Book Information
Publisher | Bantam Books for Young Readers |
Binding | Mass Market Paperback (45 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 320 |
ISBN-10 | 0553212745 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0553212747 |
Publication Date | 06/01/1982 |
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