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Billy Budd

Tells the hatred of petty officer Claggart by Billy, a handsome Spsnish sailor. Billy strikes and kills Claggart, and is condemned by Captain Vere even though the latter senses Billy's spiritual innocence.

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  • "Billy Budd, foretopman"@en
  • "Billy Budd"
  • "Billy Budd, sailor"@en
  • "Simon Jones reads Billy Budd"@en
  • "Simon Jones reads Billy Budd"

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  • "Tells the hatred of petty officer Claggart by Billy, a handsome Spsnish sailor. Billy strikes and kills Claggart, and is condemned by Captain Vere even though the latter senses Billy's spiritual innocence."@en
  • "A young sailor is sentenced to be hanged for inadvertently striking and killing an officer. He faces death with a blessing for the benevolent captain who is forced to execute him."@en
  • "Billy Budd, a paragon of simple goodness and virile beauty, is press-ganged into the crew of the HMS Indomitable."@en
  • "Billy Budd, a paragon of simple goodness and virile beauty, is pressed into the crew of the HMS Indomitable."
  • "Billy Budd, an orphaned, illegitimate child suffused with innocence, openness, and natural charisma, has been impressed into service aboard the HMS Bellipotent. He is adored by the crew but for unexplained reasons arouses the antagonism of the ship's master-at-arms, John Claggart, who falsely accuses Billy of conspiracy to mutiny. Set in 1797, Herman Melville's Billy Budd exploits the tension of this period during the war between England and France to create a tale of treachery, tragedy, and great pathos that explores human relationships and the inherently ambiguous nature of man-made justice."
  • "Billy Budd, an orphaned, illegitimate child suffused with innocence, openness, and natural charisma, has been impressed into service aboard the HMS Bellipotent. He is adored by the crew but for unexplained reasons arouses the antagonism of the ship's master-at-arms, John Claggart, who falsely accuses Billy of conspiracy to mutiny. Set in 1797, Herman Melville's Billy Budd exploits the tension of this period during the war between England and France to create a tale of treachery, tragedy, and great pathos that explores human relationships and the inherently ambiguous nature of man-made justice."@en
  • "Billy Budd, a paragon of simple goodness and virile beauty, is pressed into the crew of the HMS Indomitable."@en
  • "Young sailor Billy Budd is falsely accused of plotting mutiny in this tale of treachery, tragedy and pathos that explores human relationships and the inherently ambiguous nature of man-made justice."@en
  • "In 1797, young Billy Budd is impressed into naval service. It is a perilous time for a British Royal Navy still reeling from mutinies and marauding French ships. When Billy is forcibly transferred to HMS Bellipotent, he evokes the wrath of John Claggart, the ship's Master-at-arms. Claggart falsely accuses Billy of conspiracy to mutiny, a charge that will have a profound effect on the fates of both seamen."
  • "In 1797, young Billy Budd is impressed into naval service. It is a perilous time for a British Royal Navy still reeling from mutinies and marauding French ships. When Billy is forcibly transferred to HMS Bellipotent, he evokes the wrath of John Claggart, the ship's Master-at-arms. Claggart falsely accuses Billy of conspiracy to mutiny, a charge that will have a profound effect on the fates of both seamen."@en
  • ""Billy Budd, a paragon of simple goodness and virile beauty, is press-ganged into the crew of HMS Indomitable in 1797, soon after the mutiny in the British fleet. Billy is popular with everyone on board except Claggart, the master-at-arms, a depraved and wicked man. His malice towards Billy results in a death, a court-martial and an execution at sea"--Publisher's summary."@en
  • "Written some 40 years after Moby Dick, Herman Meville's Billy Budd is a moving tale of good versus evil. Set aboard a British navy ship at the end of the eighteenth century, a young, innocent sailor's charm and good nature put the men around him at ease. Ship-life agreed with Billy. He made friends quickly and was well liked, which infuriated John Claggart, the ship's cold-blooded superior officer. Mutiny was a continual threat greatly feared by naval officers."@en
  • "The classic story of Billy Budd, a sailor on a merchantman, is 'pressed' into service on HMS Indomitable during the Napoleonic Wars. The work was published posthumously and was championed by the author E.M. Forster. It has since been recognized as a major work in Melville's oeuvre."@en
  • "A likable young man is gang-pressed into the British navy in 1797 and soon encounters the cruel master-at-arms."
  • "A likable young man is gang-pressed into the British navy in 1797 and soon encounters the cruel master-at-arms."@en
  • "A tale of evil and innocence and the man who must choose between Military justice and his own sense of right."
  • "The adventures of Billy and the Master-at-Arms, John Claggart, aboard the Indomitable."@en
  • "Aboard a 1700s British warship, virtuous Billy is unfairly accused of treason by the villainous Master of Arms--a cold-blooded superior officer intent on Billy's destruction."@en
  • "The collision of good and evil in this magnificent novella is brilliantly depicted when an honorable young sailor is tried for unwittingly killing his cruel master-at-arms by striking him in rage over false accusations."@en
  • "Innocence and evil are intertwined in this psychological tragedy of a trusting young seaman, Billy Budd, and his embittered superior, Mr Claggart."@en

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  • "Naval history"@en
  • "Naval history"
  • "Audiocassettes"
  • "Sea stories"
  • "Sea stories"@en
  • "Children's audiobooks"@en
  • "Drama"
  • "Electronic audio books"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Søromaner"
  • "Juvenile works"@en
  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Downloadable audio books"@en

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  • "Billy Budd"
  • "Billy Budd"@en
  • "Billy Budd (abridged)"@en
  • "Billy Budd, foretopman"
  • "Billy Budd, foretopman"@en
  • "Billy Budd, sailor"@en
  • "Billy budd"
  • "Billy Bud, abridged"

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