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Billy Budd

by Herman Melville

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](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14876179W) - [Benito Cereno / Bartleby, the Scrivener / Encantadas / Billy Budd](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102717W/Shorter_Novels_of_Herman_Melville) - [Billy Budd and Other Prose Pieces](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14953542W) - [Billy Budd, Sailor & Other Stories][1] - [Billy Budd and Other Tales][2] - [Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories][3] - [Billy Budd and other stories][4] - [Billy Budd, Sailor and Selected Tales][5] - [Complete Shorter Fiction](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14953744W/The_Complete_Shorter_Fiction) - [Five Tales](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102651W/Five_Tales) - [Four Great American Novels](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL7440070W/Four_Great_American_Novels) - [Great Short Works of Herman Melville](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102653W/Great_Short_Works_of_Herman_Melville) - [Moby Dick / Billy Budd](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18173298W/Moby_Dick_Billy_Budd) - [Novels. Selections](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14953515W/Novels) - [Portable Melville](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102728W/The_Portable_Melville) - [Selected Tales and Poems](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102725W/Selected_Tales_and_Poems) - [Selected Writings of Herman Melville][6] - [Tales, Poems, and Other Writings](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14953718W) - [Typee / Billy Budd ](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17961990W/Billy_Budd_Story_of_Toby_Typee) [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102720W/Billy_Budd_Sailor_Other_Stories [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102708W/Billy_Budd_and_Other_Tales [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102646W/Billy_Budd_Sailor_and_Other_Stories [4]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102707W/Billy_Budd_and_other_stories [5]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102647W/Billy_Budd_Sailor_and_Selected_Tales [6]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14953715W/Selected_Writings_of_Herman_Melville