5.0(1)

Billy Budd

'Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins? Distinctly we see the difference of the colours, but where exactly does the one first blendingly enter into the other? So with sanity and insanity.'

Sadly left unfinished by his death in 1891, Melville's novella Billy Budd is acclaimed by critics and quickly took its place in the literary canon.

Billy Budd, a handsome sailor working on a British naval ship in the eighteenth century, is falsely accused of mutiny against the ship's captain by the master-at-arms, John Claggart. Billy, who unfortunately obtains a speech impediment, is overcome by the accusation and unable to verbally defend himself against Claggart's unfounded hate for him. Instead, he lashes out at Claggart, much to his own demise. An instant classic once published, Billy Budd is a tragic tale that has been adapted into film, plays and even an opera. This audiobook edition is narrated by the talented Christopher Ragland.

Herman Melville (1819 – 1891) was a novelist and poet of the American Renaissance, best known for his works in adventure and travel writing, including Mody Dick (1851) and Typee (1846). His writing was met with mixed reviews by his contemporaries; it wasn't until the early twentieth century that he gained recognition for his literary genius.


  1. Moby Dick - Livre Audio

    Herman Melville, Livres audio en français, Moby Dick

    audiobook
  2. The Greatest Writers of All Time: Series 1 : Classic Literature Collection: Timeless Novels and Plays from Iconic Authors

    Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Charlotte Brontë, William Shakespeare, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, Victor Hugo, Charles Dickens, Leo Tolstoy, Jane Austen, Herman Melville

    book
  3. Moby Dick : Key Insights

    Herman Melville

    audiobook
  4. Moby Dick

    Herman Melville

    book
  5. Moby Dick :

    Herman Melville

    audiobookbook
  6. Aventuras Marinas: Las Mejores Novelas para un Verano Inolvidable

    Jack London, Rafael Sabatini, Victor Hugo, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry De Vere Stacpoole, Daniel Defoe, Julio Verne, Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, Alexandre Dumas, Emilio Salgari, Walter Scott, Frederick Marryat, James Fenimore Cooper, R.M Ballantyne, Randall Parrish, James Norman Hall, H.G. Wells, Stefan Zweig, Jonathan Swift

    book
  7. Benito Cereno : Novela histórica de aventuras

    Herman Melville

    book
  8. The Whale : (or Moby Dick)

    Herman Melville

    audiobook
  9. La Gran Aventura del Verano – 20 Aventuras de Piratas, Tesoros Ocultos y Islas Misteriosas

    Robert Louis Stevenson, Julio Verne, Herman Melville, Henry De Vere Stacpoole, Daniel Defoe, Joseph Conrad, Alexandre Dumas, Rafael Sabatini, Emilio Salgari, Frederick Marryat, Walter Scott, James Fenimore Cooper, R.M Ballantyne, Randall Parrish, James Norman Hall

    book
  10. Billy Budd, marinero : Novela histórica de aventuras

    Herman Melville

    book
  11. Bartleby, el escribiente : Clásico de la literatura americana

    Herman Melville

    book
  12. Moby Dick : Herman Melville's Epic Tale of Obsession and the Sea

    Herman Melville, Zenith Horizon Publishing

    book