{"product_id":"billy-budd-and-other-prose-pieces","title":"Billy Budd et autres récits en prose","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does the law owe an innocent man when a warship’s safety comes first?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Herman Melville’s Billy Budd, a cheerful young sailor leaves the merchant ship Rights of Man for the British warship Bellipotent. It is 1797, and recent mutinies weigh on the fleet. Billy wins affection easily, but John Claggart, the powerful master-at-arms, feels a hatred for him that has no clear cause.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaptain Edward Fairfax Vere is drawn to Billy, yet remains loyal to rank and law. Between the trusting sailor, the hostile officer and the thoughtful captain, duty presses against conscience. This volume brings the short novel together with shorter prose by Melville, whose narrator pauses to explore history, human nature and the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInnocence under pressure\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet a good-natured sailor whose trusting nature leaves him exposed to another man’s hatred.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA ship on edge\u003c\/strong\u003e – Step aboard the Bellipotent, where recent mutinies make order a matter of urgent concern.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA captain’s divided loyalties\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider Vere’s difficult position as sympathy for Billy meets his commitment to command.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe texture of sea life\u003c\/strong\u003e – Find rope, deck and watch described with detail drawn from Melville’s own years at sea.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuestions without easy answers\u003c\/strong\u003e – Weigh the safety of the many against the fairness owed to one innocent man.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love sea stories, moral puzzles and short books that reward slow thought, or want to explore Melville beyond Moby-Dick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and meet Billy before duty and conscience pull his world apart.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534602535260,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/01150_en_ebook-front_c28.jpg?v=1792174944","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/fr\/products\/billy-budd-et-autres-recits-en-prose","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}