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Billy Budd.
A sailor on a British warship during the Napoleonic Wars faces an accusation from the ship's master-at-arms.
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Billy Budd serves as a sailor on a British warship in the years of conflict with France. Taken from his previous vessel, he enters a strict system of ranks and regulations. His work aloft and on deck brings him into contact with officers and enlisted men alike. The master-at-arms oversees discipline and reports to the captain. Small incidents accumulate in the confined space of the ship. Melville draws on historical naval practices of the period. The prose remains direct in its account of these matters.
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