| Billy Budd Contributor(s): Melville, Herman (Author) |
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ISBN: 1409941566 ISBN-13: 9781409941569 Publisher: Dodo Press OUR PRICE: $11.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Outwardly a compelling tale of events aboard a British man-of-war during the time of the Napoleonic Wars, "Billy Budd, Sailor" is a natural recasting of the Fall, a parable of good and evil, a meditation on justice and political governance, and a searching portrait of three extraordinary men. Also featured in this edition are eight shorter tales by Melville, reprinted from the most authoritative recent editions and supplemented by a penetrating Introduction and full notes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1450 |
| Physical Information: 0.23" H x 6" W x 9" (0.33 lbs) 96 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 32373 Reading Level: 10.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His first two books gained much attention, though they were not bestsellers, and his popularity declined precipitously only a few years later. By the time of his death he had been almost completely forgotten, but his longest novel, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851) - largely considered a failure during his lifetime, and most responsible for Melville's fall from favour with the reading public - was rediscovered in the 20th century as one of the chief literary masterpieces of both American and world literature. Melville is less well known as a poet and did not publish poetry until late in life. Other works include Typee (1846), Omoo (1847), Mardi and a Voyage Thither (2v/1849), Redburn: His First Voyage (1849), White-Jacket (1850), Pierre (1852), Israel Potter: Fifty Years of Exile (1855), The Piazza Tales (1856), Benito Cereno (1856), Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War (1866), Timoleon (1891), The Apple-Tree Table (1922), John Marr and Other Poems (1922), The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade (1923), Billy Budd: Sailor (1924), and Journal up the Straits (1935). |