The Queen Versus Billy, and Other Stories (Registro nro. 103699)
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 00006827 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PS |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Osbourne, Lloyd, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1868-1947 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Queen Versus Billy, and Other Stories |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2020 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
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| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2020-08-07 |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | The queen versus Billy -- The beautiful man of Pingalalp -- The dust of defeat -- The happiest day of his life -- Father Zosimus -- Frenchy's last job -- The devil's white man -- The phantom city -- Amatua's sailor. |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | E-text prepared by D A Alexander, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "The Queen Versus Billy, and Other Stories" by Lloyd Osbourne is a collection of short stories likely written in the late 19th century. The narratives explore themes of colonialism, justice, and the moral dilemmas faced by characters in perilous situations, with "The Queen Versus Billy" focusing on the trial of a young black man named Billy accused of murder in the Solomon Islands. This story delves into the complexities of cultural encounters and the effects of colonial rule on both the indigenous peoples and the colonizers. The opening of "The Queen Versus Billy" introduces Captain Casement, tasked with investigating the murder of a British trader in the Solomon Islands. As he arrives at the desolate Sunflower Bay, he learns of the brutal history of violence against traders and the tensions between the colonizers and the local population. The narrative captures the captain's apprehension about administering justice and the moral complications involved in punishing a young boy, Billy, who claims culpability for the trader's murder. The story sets the stage for a courtroom drama that examines the nature of guilt and innocence in a fractured community, hinting at the deeper societal issues at play. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Note about original | Original publication data not identified |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Short stories, American |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Oceania -- Fiction |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62875">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62875</a> |
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