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An edition of Billy Budd and Other Tales
(1961)
Billy Budd and Other Tales
1st Signet Classic printing (Oates Introduction) (1)
by Herman Melville
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THE PIAZZA - BARTLEBY - BENITO CERENO - THE LIGHTNING-ROD MAN - THE ENCANTADAS - THE BELL TOWER - THE TOWN-HO’S STORY
The short stories of Herman Melville are considered today to be among the small masterpieces of American fiction. BILLY BUDD, Melville's posthumously published novella, is a classic tale of innocence, evil, and murder that depicts the rivalry between a simple, handsome young sailor and a demonic superior. BARTLEBY is the subtly comic tale of an apathetic scrivener, and BENITO CERENO is the story of a Spanish sea captain caught up in a slave revolt on his ship. Included in this volume are THE PIZZA TALES as well as THE TOWN-HO'S STORY, a chapter from MOBY-DICK. By turns haunting and comic, and always compelling, these fine stories convey the diversity and grandeur of Melville's talent as well as the depth of his themes.
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Table of Contents
Billy Budd
The piazza
Bartleby
Benito Cereno
The lightning-rod man
The Encantadas, or, Enchanted Isles
The bell-tower
The town-ho's story from Moby Dick.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-329).
"Revised and updated bibliography."
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Herman Melville's short stories, somewhat neglected during his lifetime, today are considered to be among the small masterpieces of American fiction.
His imagination is inventive, ironic, and extraordinarily attuned to our times. His settings and themes are various: the limits of artistic creation; the opposition of innocence and evil; fear of isolation; the inviolate sanctity of the human heart; the fearfulness of and fascination with the "enchanted isles"; the ferocity of the white whale; Calvinist hell-fire and damnation.
Melville's stories, like his great novel Moby-Dick, are unique in narrative method, profound in theme, and full of delights at all levels. This collection includes not only Billy Budd (in a reading text based on the famous Harvard edition), but also all of The Piazza Tales, as well as "the Town-Ho's Story" from Moby-Dick.
Contains:
| Billy Budd |
| The piazza |
| Bartleby |
| Benito Cereno |
| The lightning-rod man |
| The Encantadas, or, Enchanted Isles |
| The bell-tower |
| The town-ho's story from Moby Dick. |
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