Billy Budd

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English · 3h 6m · Action & Adventure, Literary Fiction, Nautical & Marine Fiction

4.4 (65 reviews)

Young naive sailor Billy Budd is impressed into military service with the British navy in the 1790s, framed for conspiracy to mutiny, summarily convicted in a drum-head court martial, and hanged. Billy Budd is the final published work by Herman Melville, discovered in his personal papers three decades after his death. (Summary by ScientificMethodist)

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Reviews

strange, haunting, imperfect story


(5 stars)

A haunting, purely Melvillean hybrid of homoeroticism and Christian allegory. has its flaws, and I think it never clarifies how to interpret the captain's decision to have billy hanged, but is a masterpiece nonetheless

Very Enjoyable


(4 stars)

Herman Melville writes with musical verboseness but tells a good story. One that today is a description of how misinformation is created

not my favorite


(4 stars)

I couldn't follow the sentences but a nice reading voice

an interesting and touching story and so well narrated


(5 stars)

Much to think about here. This story will stay with me.Thanks, narrator. Great job!

I hate metaphors


(5 stars)

just a short simple tale about a man who hates baseless accusations


(5 stars)

A fantastic presentation of this timeless masterpiece.


(5 stars)

Well read - thank you... :-)

as worth reading as Job.


(5 stars)

something of a similar kind of story. I think I might have to copy the wee verse at the end into my little book. I'm not sure if I don't like this story better than Moby Dick. and it's not really like Job at all in the particulars, it's just that there's something similar happening on the spiritual level here.