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Billy Budd, Sailor
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novella by Herman Melville
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Within Vinony's link graph, Billy Budd, Sailor is referenced by 143 other articles, and connects out to law and literature, Jesus and Latin.
It sits within the topics 1924 American novels, American novellas and American novels adapted into films.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Author
- Herman Melville
- First published
- 1982
- Editions
- 6
- Subjects
- fiction classics, literary fiction, Fiction, Young men, Copyists, open_syllabus_project, classic literature, Psychology
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- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Herman Melville
- Country of origin
- United States
- Image
- Houghton MS Am 188 (363) - Billy Budd manuscript 1.jpg
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- title
- Billy Budd, Sailor
- publication date
- 1924-00-00
- language of work or name
- English language
- Commons category
- Billy Budd
- copyright status
- public domain
- first line
- In the time before steamships, or then more frequently than now, a stroller along the docks of any considerable sea-port would occasionally have his attention arrested by a group of bronzed mariners, man-of-war's men or merchant-sailors in holiday attire ashore on liberty.
- last line
- Just ease this darbies at the wrist, and roll me over fair, I am sleepy, and the oozy weeds about me twist.
- derivative work
- Billy Budd
- set in environment
- ship
- form of creative work
- novel
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