Billy Budd – Herman Melville (Full Audiobook HQ)

Billy Budd, Sailor is a short story by the American writer Herman Melville, left unfinished upon his death in 1891. Hailed by critics as a masterpiece when a hastily transcribed version was finally published in 1924, it stands out quickly as a classic just behind Moby. -Dick among the works of Melville. Billy Budd is a "handsome sailor/" who inadvertently hits and kills his false accuser, Master-at-Arms John Claggart. The ship's captain, Edward Vere, recognizes Billy's lack of intent, but asserts that the law of mutiny requires him to sentence Billy to hang.

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