Billy Budd

About this work

TRIALS OF THE HANDSOME SAILOR Aboard the warship Bellipotent, the young orphan Billy Budd was called the Handsome Sailor. Billy was tall, athletic, noble looking; he was friendly, innocent, helpful and ever-cheerful. He was a fierce fighter and a loyal friend. All the men and officers liked him... All but one: Master-at-Arms Claggart. Envious, petty Claggart plotted to make Billy's life miserable. But when a fear of mutinies swept through the fleet, Claggart realized he could do more than just torment the Handsome Sailor... He could frame Billy Budd for treason... ---------- Also contained in: - Scarlet Letter / Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Red Badge of Courage / Billy Budd - Benito Cereno / Bartleby, the Scrivener / Encantadas / Billy Budd (opens in a new tab) - Billy Budd and Other Prose Pieces - Billy Budd, Sailor & Other Stories (opens in a new tab) - Billy Budd and Other Tales (opens in a new tab) - Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories (opens in a new tab) - Billy Budd and other stories (opens in a new tab) - Billy Budd, Sailor and Selected Tales (opens in a new tab) - Complete Shorter Fiction (opens in a new tab) - Five Tales (opens in a new tab) - Four Great American Novels (opens in a new tab) - Great Short Works of Herman Melville (opens in a new tab) - Moby Dick / Billy Budd (opens in a new tab) - Novels. Selections (opens in a new tab) - Portable Melville (opens in a new tab) - Selected Tales and Poems (opens in a new tab) - Selected Writings of Herman Melville (opens in a new tab) - Tales, Poems, and Other Writings - [Typee / Billy Budd ](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17961990W/BillyBuddStoryofToby_Typee (opens in a new tab))

View the Open Library record ↗ (opens in a new tab)