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Billy Budd and other tales / Herman Melville ; with a new introduction by Julian Markels and an afterword by Joyce Carol Oates.
Featured 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".
Record details
- ISBN: 9780451530813
- ISBN: 0451530810
- Physical Description: xiii, 369 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 18 cm
- Publisher: New York : Signet Classics, [2009]
- Copyright: ©2009
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "This edition of Billy Budd is based on a text edited by Frederic Barron Freeman and corrected by Elizabeth Treeman". |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 366-369). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Billy Budd -- Piazza -- Bartleby -- Benito Cereno -- Lightning-rod man -- Encantadas, or, Enchanted Isles -- Bell-tower -- Town-ho's story from Moby Dick. |
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| Subject: | Adventure stories, American. Sea stories, American. Executions and executioners. Short stories. Ship captains. Impressment. Sailors > Fiction. > Fiction. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Potter-Tioga Library System. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Ulysses Library Association.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulysses Library Association | F MEL (AC) (pb) (Text) | 30863000106075 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
