Billy Budd - and Other Stories

Herman Melville

Penguin Classics

1986

416 páginas

13h 52m

ISBN-13: 9780140390537

'Billy Budd, Sailor,' a classic confrontation between good and evil, is the story of an innocent young man unable to defend himself from wrongful accusations.

Resenhas (2)

4 (Muito bom)

Billy Budd, Sailor

An interesting story, written in a way that may be difficult for non-native English speakers to understand. So some subtleties may have escaped my grasp. From what I had read about the novel, I thought it would dwell more on the relationship between Billy Budd and Claggart. Their interactions seemed very brief to me, not justifying the 'controversy', if there ever was one, that surrounds the tale. Even so, it was a very enjoyable read, the prose alone would make it a worthy one.