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- # BILLY BUDD, FORETOPMAN
## Overview
This entity is a segment of text, titled "BILLY BUDD, FORETOPMAN," extracted from the file "billy_budd.txt." It spans lines 156 to 483 of the source document.
## Context
The segment "BILLY BUDD, FORETOPMAN" is part of the larger work "[Billy Budd and Other Prose Pieces](arke:01KG8AJ7CG8SS24T79X9YN19QH)," a novel. This novel was extracted from the file "[billy_budd.txt](arke:01KG89J1FFTGRE9J93Z3K29NGY)" and is included within the collection "[Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW)." This segment follows "FRAGMENTS FROM A WRITING-DESK" and precedes the section titled "II."
## Contents
This segment contains the introductory material for the novel "Billy Budd, Foretopman," including the subtitle "WHAT BEFELL HIM IN THE YEAR OF THE GREAT MUTINY, ETC." It also includes the dates of the work's inception and completion: "Friday, Nov. 16, 1888--begun," "Revision begun--March 2, 1889," and "Finished--April 19, 1891." Additionally, it contains the dedication to "JACK CHASE ENGLISHMAN" and the "PREFACE" which discusses the historical context of the French Revolution and the British Navy mutinies of 1797. The segment also includes the beginning of the narrative, marked as Section "I."
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