Track | Title | Duration |
1 | 01 - Chapter 1 | 16:16 |
2 | 02 - Chapters 2-4 | 18:36 |
3 | 03 - Chapters 5-7 | 19:12 |
4 | 04 - Chapters 8-10 | 19:17 |
5 | 05 - Chapters 11-12 | 13:18 |
6 | 06 - Chapters 13-15 | 13:26 |
7 | 07 - Chapters 16-17 | 24:57 |
8 | 08 - Chapter 18 | 24:52 |
9 | 09 - Chapters 19-21 | 15:55 |
10 | 10 - Chapters 22-26 | 21:05 |
Production
Book Coordinator: Scientific Advocate
Meta Coordinator: MaryAnn
Proof Listener: KevinS
Artwork
Cover: A British Man of War before the Rock of Gibraltar, c. 1800, by Thomas Whitcombe.
Inset: First page of "Billy Budd", 1924.
Inset: Herman Melville, 1885.
Melville labored fitfully on the story for five years, yet it was unfinished at the time of Melville’s death in 1891. His widow, Elizabeth, discovered the 351 leaves of manuscript in a chaotic state, with a dizzying array of corrections, annotations, cancellations, and cut and pasted leaves. She attempted to organize the multiple drafts into a coherent storyline but ended up stashing the manuscript in a tin box. It was discovered in 1919 at his granddaughter’s house by Raymond M. Weaver, a Columbia professor researching a biography of Melville. Scholars have since determined that it was written in three phases, with each of the three main characters added at each phase. Billy Budd was at last published by Weaver in 1924 and again in 1928, and was hailed as a masterpiece, standing alongside Moby-Dick as one of the great books of all time.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0687700170327 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0687700170334 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD box, CD Jacket, CD security sleeve, download |
Author | Herman Melville (1819 - 1891) |
Year | 1924 |
Recording | |
Read by | Scientific Advocate |
Length | 3 hours and 7 minutes |
Type of Reading | Solo |
Billy Budd, Sailor
- Author: Herman Melville
- Product Code: DB-1321
- Availability: In Stock
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