Billy Budd & Typee (Cliffs Notes) [Paperback]

Mary Ellen Snodgrass (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0822002388 | ISBN-13: 978-0822002383 | Publication Date: April 1, 1968 | Edition: 1

Forty years separate the writing of these books, and Melville's moral concerns are highly visible in Billy Budd, in which a young sailor willingly accepts his punishment after accidentally killing an evil man. In Typee, Melville romanticized his own adventures as a merchant seaman on a Polynesian island. Typee is generally considered nothing more than adventure and travel writing, whereas Billy Budd is open to interpretation and is considered a much more literary work.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Cliffs Notes; 1 edition (April 1, 1968)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0822002388
• ISBN-13: 978-0822002383
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.1 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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2.0 out of 5 stars Billy Budd, October 28, 2000

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This review is from: Billy Budd & Typee (Cliffs Notes) (Paperback)

Billy Budd is a short story in which it tells about the life of a young sailor. It mainly focuses upon the life onboard the Indomitable. It tells how he ticks and what makes him work. The words and usage of language describe the story as a college or older high school type of literature. It is very hard to understand at first, but after a few tries you will understand.