Billy Budd and Other Tales
No CoverThis collection by Herman Melville includes the novella Billy Budd, which examines themes of innocence and injustice on a British warship, as well as other short stories.
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This collection by Herman Melville includes the novella Billy Budd, which examines themes of innocence and injustice on a British warship, as well as other short stories.
Signet Classics Edition; Billy Budd, Melville's posthumously published novella; the tale 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 Moby Dick.
will contain mild spoilers
No romantic or sexual content depicted
Murder by blow and hanging; slave-revolt deaths and displayed remains
Rare mild period language
Brief mentions of sailors drinking
No explicit LGBTQ+ content depicted
Biblical allusions and Christ-figure moral allegory
No fantasy magic present
No occult or demonology content present
Slavery, naval justice, authority, and labor themes are central
Bartleby’s passive refusal leads to starvation and death
Slavery and mutiny central in Benito Cereno; harsh naval punishment
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