LOL! Billy Budd isn't a romance because in effect it's a Marty Sue tragedy--everybody is obsessed with Billy, they all talk about him, eithe rpro or con, everything on board seems to center around him, until his apotheosis--er, I mean, tragic death. But The Hill is definitely a romance--a tragic one, but a romance. Everything is all about the two boys' relationship. There's even a pretty, girlish young lord love object as third wheel, firmly set aside for the right and true relationship...until Our Hero in the very past pages chooses Manly Duty over love.
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