Billy Budd by Herman Melville
Billy Budd

Herman Melville

Billy Budd

Herman Melville

143 pages first pub 1924 (view editions)

fiction classics historical adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
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Narrates the hatred of petty officer Claggart for Billy, a handsome Spanish sailor. Billy strikes and kills Claggart, and is condemned by Captain Vere even though the latter senses Billy's spiritual innocence.

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