Adventure

Billy Budd

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Herman Melville's Billy Budd is an adventure fiction novel.

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About Billy Budd

Young naive sailor Billy Budd is impressed into military service with the British navy in the 1790s, framed for conspiracy to mutiny, summarily convicted in a drum-head court martial, and hanged. Billy Budd is the final published work by Herman Melville, discovered in his personal papers three decades after his death. (Summary by ScientificMethodist)
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Who wrote Billy Budd?

Billy Budd was written by Herman Melville.

What genre is Billy Budd?

It is usually shelved as Adventure.

Is there a free audiobook of Billy Budd?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 3 h 06 min.

What books are similar to Billy Budd?

Readers who like it often enjoy Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, A Game of Thrones and A Court of Mist and Fury.

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