Billy Budd

About this film

LibriVox recording of Billy Budd by Herman Melville. Read in English by ScientificMethodist. 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) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (86MB)

Directors & creators

Herman Melville

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;military; Law; justice; navy; death penalty

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