Contains seven fiction stories by nineteenth-century American author Herman Melville, including the title work in which Billy Budd, a handsome and innocent sailor, becomes the target of a plot by the jealous master-at-arms to frame him for treason.
Huck Finn, the son of the town drunk, and Jim, an escaped slave, make a break for freedom down the vast Mississippi River on a raft. Includes an introduction, explanatory notes, and a further reading list.
Contains a collection of three plays by the Greek philosopher and writer, Sophocles, that examines mankind's struggle against fate, and includes "King Oedipus", "Oedipus at Colonus", and "Antigone". Includes introduction and notes.
Presents a collection of prose by Nathaniel Hawthorne, including The Scarlet Letter, excerpts from the other romance thirteen tales, and selections from his journals an letters. Includes a chronology.
Presents the classic play about an unattractive swordsman who falls in love with a beautiful woman but courts her for a handsome but slow-witted suitor; and contains a timeline of significant events, outline of themes and plots, explanatory notes, and critical analysis.
