Billy Budd, Sailor

Melville, Herman: - Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet whose works include Moby-Dick, Typee, and Bartleby, the Scrivener. Though not widely celebrated during his lifetime, Melville is now regarded as one of the central figures of American literature. His maritime experience deeply informed his fiction, which often explores authority, isolation, and moral ambiguity.