Billy Budd, Sailor

This is an accurate version of Melville’s final novel. Based on a close analysis of the manuscript, thoroughly annotated and packaged with history of the text and perspectives for its criticism.
Hayford and Sealts’s text was the first accurate version of Melville’s final novel. Based on a close analysis of the manuscript, thoroughly annotated, and packaged with a history of the text and perspectives for its criticism, this edition will remain the definitive version of a profoundly suggestive story.