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Billy Budd, Sailor
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Billy Budd, Sailor

Written by
Herman Melville

Narrated by

Liam Gerrard

Outwardly a compelling narrative of events aboard a British man-of-war during the turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars, Billy Budd, Sailor is a nautical recasting of the Fall, a parable of good and evil, a meditation on justice and political governance, and a searching portrait of three extraordinary men. The passion it has aroused in its readers over the years is a measure of how deeply it addresses some of the fundamental questions of experience that every age must reexamine for itself.


Herman Melville (1819 –1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period best known for his whaling novel Moby Dick (1851). His writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. During his last years, he… Read more »


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Running Time 4h 16m
Cover Art by Winnie O'Brien
Music by Adriaan Taylor
Introduced by Maurice Scott

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Outwardly a compelling narrative of events aboard a British man-of-war during the turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars, Billy Budd, Sailor is a nautical recasting of the Fall, a parable of good and evil, a meditation on justice and political governance, and a searching portrait of three extraordinary men. The passion it has aroused in its readers over the years is a measure of how deeply it addresses some of the fundamental questions of experience that every age must reexamine for itself.

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