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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100451524462
ISBN-139780451524461
eBay Product ID (ePID)172768
Product Key Features
Book TitleBilly Budd and Other Tales
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Literary
Publication Year1961
GenreFiction
AuthorHerman. Melville
FormatMass Market
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight5.4 Oz
Item Length6.9 in
Item Width4.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Afterword byThorp, Willard
Dewey Decimal813/.3
SynopsisFeatured in this volume are "Billy Budd", Melville's posthumously published novella, the story of the rivalry between a handsome sailor and his demonic captain; the tale of the apathetic "Bartleby, the Scrivener; " the riveting "Benito Cereno", the story of a slave ship mutiny written at the time of the Amistad case and "The Town-Ho's Story", a chapter from Melville's masterpiece, "Moby Dick". Introduction by Joyce Carol Oates., Featured in this rich collection are "Billy Budd," Melville's posthumously published novella; a chapter from Melville's masterpiece, "Moby-Dick;" and the short stories The Piazza, The Bell-Tower, and Bartleby, along with a new Introduction. Revised reissue.