“Billy Budd is a novella begun around 1886 by American author Herman Melville, left unfinished at his death in 1891 and not published until 1924. The work has been central to Melville scholarship since it was discovered in manuscript form among Melville's papers in 1924 and published the same year. A story ultimately about good and evil, Billy Budd has often been interpreted allegorically.” Good condition, does have some wear. A8