Melville

Typee. Billy Budd: Two Novels. Stories. Poems - New York: The Viking Press, 1952. - 746 p.

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"The most comprehensive Melville anthology ever published" was The Progressive magazine`s comment on this volume. The editor has chosen and arranged selections from Melville`s writings, augmented by pertinent Melville letters, and linked by editorial comment, to supply in effect a biography of Melville as well as a full representation of his work. Moby Dick, easily available in numerous editions, has been omitted to allow a much more ample choice of other less available works, including the complete text of Typee and Billy Budd. In short, this volume is the ideal assortment to supplement Moby Dick.