The symmetry of form attainable in pure fiction can not so readily be achieved in a narration essentially having less to do with fable than with fact. Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges...


Ch. 28 - Billy Budd, the Sailor (1891)

Herman Melville Quotes

The symmetry of form attainable in pure fiction can not so readily be achieved in a narration essentially having less to do with fable than with...

The symmetry of form attainable in pure fiction can not so readily be achieved in a narration essentially having less to do with fable than with...

The symmetry of form attainable in pure fiction can not so readily be achieved in a narration essentially having less to do with fable than with...

The symmetry of form attainable in pure fiction can not so readily be achieved in a narration essentially having less to do with fable than with...