Billy Budd by Herman Melville

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  • 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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Episodes
  • Billy Budd by Herman Melville - Chapters 22-26

    Billy Budd by Herman Melville - Chapters 22-26
    Jul 20 2023
    21 mins
  • Billy Budd by Herman Melville - Chapters 19-21

    Billy Budd by Herman Melville - Chapters 19-21
    Jul 20 2023
    16 mins
  • Billy Budd by Herman Melville - Chapter 18

    Billy Budd by Herman Melville - Chapter 18
    Jul 20 2023
    25 mins

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Good clear reader.

Typical wandering of Melville. I have to listen/read one chapter at a time to keep interest.

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