Billy Budd And Other Stories

''Billy Budd, Sailor,'' a classic confrontation between good and evil, is the story of an innocent young man unable to defend himself from wrongful accusations. Other selections include ''Bartleby,'' ''The Piazza,'' ''The Encantadas,'' ''The Bell-Tower,'' ''Benito Cereno,'' '' The Paradise of Bachelors,'' and ''The Tartarus of Maids.''

• author: Herman Melville