TRIALS OF THE HANDSOME SAILOR

Aboard the warship Bellipotent, the young orphan Billy Budd was called the Handsome Sailor. Billy was tall, athletic, noble looking; he was friendly, innocent, helpful and ever-cheerful. He was a fierce fighter and a loyal friend. All the men and officers liked him...

All but one: Master-at-Arms Claggart. Envious, petty Claggart plotted to make Billy's life miserable. But when a fear of mutinies swept through the fleet, Claggart realized he could do more than just torment the Handsome Sailor...

He could frame Billy Budd for treason...

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Also contained in:

- [Scarlet Letter / Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Red Badge of Courage / Billy Budd](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14876179W)

- [Benito Cereno / Bartleby, the Scrivener / Encantadas / Billy Budd](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102717W/Shorter_Novels_of_Herman_Melville)

- [Billy Budd and Other Prose Pieces](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14953542W)

- [Billy Budd, Sailor & Other Stories][1]

- [Billy Budd and Other Tales][2]

- [Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories][3]

- [Billy Budd and other stories][4]

- [Billy Budd, Sailor and Selected Tales][5]

- [Complete Shorter Fiction](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14953744W/The_Complete_Shorter_Fiction)

- [Five Tales](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102651W/Five_Tales)

- [Four Great American Novels](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL7440070W/Four_Great_American_Novels)

- [Great Short Works of Herman Melville](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102653W/Great_Short_Works_of_Herman_Melville)

- [Moby Dick / Billy Budd](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18173298W/Moby_Dick_Billy_Budd)

- [Novels. Selections](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14953515W/Novels)

- [Portable Melville](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102728W/The_Portable_Melville)

- [Selected Tales and Poems](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102725W/Selected_Tales_and_Poems)

- [Selected Writings of Herman Melville][6]

- [Tales, Poems, and Other Writings](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14953718W)

- [Typee / Billy Budd

](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17961990W/Billy_Budd_Story_of_Toby_Typee)

[1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102720W/Billy_Budd_Sailor_Other_Stories

[2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102708W/Billy_Budd_and_Other_Tales

[3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102646W/Billy_Budd_Sailor_and_Other_Stories

[4]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102707W/Billy_Budd_and_other_stories

[5]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102647W/Billy_Budd_Sailor_and_Selected_Tales

[6]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14953715W/Selected_Writings_of_Herman_Melville