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.
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