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Billy Budd.

Hi, i'm Juana and i'm going to introduce my book. I've been reading a book at christmas. The name of this book is Billy Budd. The autor is Herman Melville. 

Some of Herman Melville. He was an American. He was born on 1819, in New York City. From the age of fifteen, Herman had meny different jobs. He worked in a bank. He worked on ships. He was teacher in a school. He worked on a ship called Acushnet. It sailed to the Pacific Ocean. After adventures in the Pacific islands, he sailed on a ship named: The United States. This ship belonged to the US Navy. He lived a lot of adventures and writed a lot of stories. In 1863 he went back to New York City. He worked in a govenment until he died. He died on 1891. He was 72 years old.

Some of Herman Melville's stories.

Typee (1846), Omoo (1847), Mardi (1849), Redburn (1849), White jacket (1850), Moby-Dick 1851). Billy Budd was he last story. It was published in 1924, 33 years after Melville's death.

The characters of this book are: 

Capitain Edward Vere, Lieutenant Ratcliffe, William (Billy) Budd, John Claggart, Dansker, Squeak, Albert.

The story is about: 

In 1797 Britian and France are in war. British warships are fighting French warships. Edward Vere is the capitan of a British warship. Billy Budd arrives on the British warship. Billy is strong and handsome. Most of the sailors on the ship like Billy. But he has an enemy: John Claggart, he is the master at arms. John hates Billy, and he has a plain He will make a trouble for the sailor.

Bibliography: Wikipedia, Official page of Herman Melville.