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Description:Billy Budd is among the greatest of Melville's works and, in its richness and ambiguity, among the most problematic. Outwardly a compelling narrative of events aboard a British man-of-war during the turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars, Billy Budd, Sailor is a nautical 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. In this edition are also eight shorter tales, reprinted from the most authoritative recent editions and are supplemented by a penetrating introduction and full notes.Contents:1. Bartleby, the Scrivener2. Cock-A-Doodle-Doo!3. The Fiddler4. The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids5. The Lightning-Rod Man6. The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles7. Benito Cereno8. I and My Chimney9. Billy Budd, Sailor (An Inside Narrative)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Billy Budd, Sailor and Selected Tales. To get started finding Billy Budd, Sailor and Selected Tales, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 410

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Release: 2009

ISBN: 0199538913

Description: Billy Budd is among the greatest of Melville's works and, in its richness and ambiguity, among the most problematic. Outwardly a compelling narrative of events aboard a British man-of-war during the turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars, Billy Budd, Sailor is a nautical 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. In this edition are also eight shorter tales, reprinted from the most authoritative recent editions and are supplemented by a penetrating introduction and full notes.Contents:1. Bartleby, the Scrivener2. Cock-A-Doodle-Doo!3. The Fiddler4. The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids5. The Lightning-Rod Man6. The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles7. Benito Cereno8. I and My Chimney9. Billy Budd, Sailor (An Inside Narrative)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Billy Budd, Sailor and Selected Tales. To get started finding Billy Budd, Sailor and Selected Tales, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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