Billy Budd and Other Stories (Penguin Classics)

Type

Book

Authors

Herman Melville

ISBN 10

0140390537

ISBN 13

9780140390537

ISSN

30001503

Tags

Classics, Anthologies, Short Stories, United States, Literary

Description

Brilliant short stories and a novella by the author of Moby-Dick"Billy Budd, Sailor," a classic confrontation between good and evil, is the story of an innocent young man unable to defend himself from wrongful accusations. Other selections include "Bartleby," "The Piazza," "The Encantadas," "The Bell-Tower," "Benito Cereno," "The Paradise of Bachelors," and "The Tartarus of Maids."For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. - from Amzon

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