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by Herman Melville (Author), Frederick Busch (Introduction) "I am a rather elderly man..." (more)
Key Phrases: fairy window, iron animal, great warship, Captain Delano, Don Benito, Captain Vere (more...)
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Editorial Reviews
Book Description
Melville's last work, Billy Budd, Sailor (written between 1888 and 1891), is considered by many to be his finest work. Also in this volume is Melville's Piazza Tales, among them "Bartleby the Scrivener," "Benito Cereno," and "The Encantadas." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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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 theme in "Bartelby the Scrivener," his famous story about a Wall Street law clerk who takes passive resistance to a comic--and ultimately disastrous--extreme; and in "Benito Cereno," his dazzling account of oppression and rebellion on a nineteenth-century slave ship. Completing this collection of great tales are the eerie "The Encantados," the beautiful, romantic "The Piazza," and Melville's chilling science fiction parable, "The Bell-Tower." --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics (April 1, 1986)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0140390537
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140390537
  • Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (