

Benito Cereno
Author: Herman Melville
Narrator: George Keller
Unabridged: 3 hr 31 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Audio Sommelier
Published: 11/13/2018
Author: Herman Melville
Narrator: George Keller
Unabridged: 3 hr 31 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Audio Sommelier
Published: 11/13/2018
Herman Melville (1819–1891) was an American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and poet who is often classified as part of dark romanticism. He is best known for his novel Moby Dick and novella Billy Budd, the latter which was published posthumously. His first three books gained much attention, the first becoming a bestseller, but after a fast-blooming literary success in the late 1840s, his popularity declined precipitously in the mid-1850s and never recovered during his lifetime. When he died, he was almost completely forgotten. It was not until the "Melville Revival" in the early twentieth century that his work won recognition, most notably Moby Dick, which was hailed as one of the chief literary masterpieces of both American and world literature.
melville! in a melville house edition! crazy, right? this is a nice taut little thrill-ride of a book. okay, it's got a lot of description of boat-architecture, so it isn't a complete thriller - melville does tend to go overboard (GET IT??) with the descriptions sometimes, but regardless, it is more e......more
This novella—in which Amasa Delano, an American captain, visits a mysterious Spanish slave-ship captained by Benito Cereno--is my favorite of Melville’s short works. It is not only as profound as Bartleby and Budd but also more pleasing. A first-rate adventure, it features an innocent in peril, the......more
«Ραμάν αλλήθωρε, τρελέ, που λύνεις μάγια, κατάφερε το σταυρωτό του νότου αστέρι σωρός να πέσει να σκορπίσει στα σπιράγια, και πες του κάτω από ένα δέντρο να με φέρει. Ο Τοτ, του λείπει το ένα χέρι μα όλο γνέθει, τούτο το απίθανο σινάφι να βρακώσει. Εσθήρ, ποια βιβλική σκορπάς περνώντας μέθη; Ρούθ, δε μιλάς......more