... Drat! I was on non-computer vacation; I didn't even get a chance to vote on the title I nominated? Billy Budd? Wasn't that a short story they forced us all...
... 9th grade? I read Moby Dick last month so Melville is on my mind. ... It does look like Billy Budd is a short story, though I don't think I've read it...
FYI, Happy 186th Birthday Herman! Herman Melville From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an...
Maybe a silly question, but will the discussion be only on the story Billy Budd, Sailor, or will it be on all of the stories contained within Billy Budd and...
... Did we specify a particular text on this one? My copy contains Pierre, Israel Potter, The Piazza Tales, The Confidence-Man, Tales and Billy Budd. I could...
Thanks Kevin, Since I knew nothing about Melville at all, that fills in a little background information about the author. Though I've just started Billy Budd,...
... Billy ... Billy ... I might have the same book as you do, at least it has the same title. The discussion is up to the members of the group, if you are...
Thanks Kevin for the information on Melville. I loved Moby Dick. I hope to begin reading Billy Budd tonight and may read some of his other short stories. I...
... Billy ... Billy ... I assumed just Billy Budd, since different editions will have different stories. And for some of us, BB itself is enough for a month,...
My copy only contains Billy Budd, but I know that other copies contian other shorter works of Melville. When I nominated Billy Budd, I did not realize it was...
My copy only contains Billy Budd, but I can easily run to the library and pick up another copy, if some wants to discuss other shorter novels. ... Pierre, ... ...
I think somewhere in the back of my mind, I had heard that Billy Budd was also an opera. It would be interesting to see a performance of the book, as it is...
... wrote: Is Billy Budd's trial legitimate, fair, or just? How does the question of its legitimacy relate to themes of the novel? The trial does seem...
One of the things I like in 19th C fiction is how the plots unravel: slowly, glacially even. Here it is the beginning of Billy Budd, the chief characters each...
I agree with meg that the trial was both fair and legitimate. But most of all, it was unfortunate and telling. Billy did kill Claggart, so the trial was...
... question ... S P O I L E R The trial is definitely legitimate and fair, Billy is guilty of killing Claggert. Yhe result is not just for Billy, but the...
Writers from the past had to have more description in their writing than modern day writer because their readers did not have all the visual aids that we have...
I am now taking nominations for book for September. One nomination per person only. I will leave the nomination process open until Wednesady the 17th of the...
... Under the Volcano -- Malcolm Lowry Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, has come to Quauhnahuac, Mexico. Here the consul's debilitating malaise is...
... of the Bellipotent has no real choice if he wants to maintain control of his ship. Hi Frank I agree with your thoughts. It seems Billy is sacrificed for ...
I nominate to Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Plot Overview Scout Finch lives with her brother, Jem, and their widowed father, Atticus, in the sleepy Alabama...
Apologies to all, as I have been away from the computer for awhile, and when I get a chance, I will jot a few of my own thoughts, in the mean time here are a...
Chapter 21 deals with Billy Budd's trial, and the issue of a person's "nature is raised in regards to that trial. How is Billy Budd's "nature" im plicitly or...
... Not much action, maybe. But whew. I think I need an annotated version. I consider myself a reasonably well read person, and usually I get most of the...
... That's an interesting point, though I do think that they had more access to prints, family tales, pictures, etc. than we might give them credit for. But...
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