Billy Budd
Herman Melville
Paperback
(Academic Industries Inc., March 15, 1984)
Stung by the critical reception and lack of commercial success of his previous two works, Moby-Dick and Pierre, Herman Melville became obsessed with the difficulties of communicating his vision to readers. His sense of isolation lies at the heart of these later works. "Billy Budd, Sailor," a classic confrontatio...more Paperback, Penguin Classics, Published April 1st 1986 by Penguin Books (first published 1924)4 of 5 stars