Melville, Herman

Herman Melville's classic novel "Billy Bud" along with eight shorter stories; and includes introduction, textual and explanatory notes, and chronology.

The chronicle of a young seaman who joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab, a sailor whose obsession with pursuing the white whale Moby Dick threatens to lead them all to disaster.

Herman Melville's classic novel about a young seaman who joins the crew of a whaling ship commanded by the fanatical Captain Ahab, who is in pursuit of a white whale. Includes introduction, textual and explanatory notes, and chronology.

Captain Ahab's determination to find and kill the great white whale becomes an obsession driving him to disaster.

An anthology of all of Herman Melville's short stories and selected poems, literary criticism, letters, lectures, and prose.

Featured in this volume are "Billy Budd", Melville's posthumously published novella, the story of the rivalry between a handsome sailor and his demonic captain; the tale of the apathetic "Bartleby, the Scrivener; " the riveting "Benito Cereno", the story of a slave ship mutiny written at the time of the Amistad case and "The Town-Ho's Story", a chapter from Melville's masterpiece, "Moby Dick".

A narrative in which Herman Melville recounts the experiences he had while traveling on the South Seas in the nineteenth century.