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A new edition of Herman Melville's classic 1856 novella, a fictionalized account of a revolt on a slave ship. It is considered to be among Melville's greatest achievements and, according to some critics, is "one of the most nearly perfect things Melville ever did." Herman Melville... Read Full Overview

Benito Cereno is a story by Herman Melville that features some of the author's most action packed storytelling presented in this new edition of the great classic.

This version of Benito Cereno presents the novel in a readable and affordable format with light and supportive annotations and supporting editorial content to help you connect with the central themes of the book.

Herman Melville's intense and dramatic novella Benito Cereno depicts a revolt aboard a Spanish slavery vessel captained by the titular character. Melville first published this story in 1855 - the ensuing popularity from its initial serialisation led Benito Cereno to be published... Read Full Overview

"Benito Cereno," a story of atmospheric Gothic horror and striking political resonance, represents Herman Melville's most profound and unsettling engagement with the horrors of New World slavery. Narrating the story of a slave revolt using materials drawn... Read Full Overview

"What has cast such a shadow upon you?"
"The Negro."

Herman Melville's controversial 1855 novella Benito Cereno retains its power to move the reader over a century and a half after its publication. The story - which ends with a haunting twist - centers on a slave rebellion aboard a Spanish merchant ship in 1799 and because... Read Full Overview

En 1799, el capit n norteamericano Amasa Delano ancl en la bah a de una isla desierta del litoral chileno. A la ma ana siguiente apareci en el lugar un misterioso nav o, el Santo Domingo. Las maniobras de ste hicieron sopechar al norteamericano que se trataba de un barco en... Read Full Overview

En 1799, au large des c tes du Chili, un bateau am ricain conduit par le capitaine Delano croise un bateau espagnol en piteux tat, le San Dominick. Delano embarque son bord pour proposer son aide. La plupart des officiers du bateau espagnol a disparu. Des esclaves noirs sont... Read Full Overview

En 1799, el capit n Amasa Delano ancl en la bah a de una isla desierta del litoral chileno. A la ma ana siguiente apareci en el lugar un misterioso nav o, el Santo Domingo. Las maniobras de ste hicieron sopechar que se trataba de un barco en apuros, con lo que orden que se... Read Full Overview

'Benito Cereno' is a novella by Herman Melville, a fictionalized account about the revolt on a Spanish slave ship captained by Don Benito Cereno, first published in three installments in Putnam's Monthly in 1855. The tale, slightly revised, was included in his short story collection... Read Full Overview

Complete and unabridged paperback edition.

Benito Cereno is a novella by Herman Melville, a fictionalized account about the revolt on a Spanish slave ship captained by Don Benito Cereno, first published in three installments in Putnam's Monthly in 1855... Read Full Overview

En 1799, pour faire le plein d'eau, le navire du capitaine Amaso Delano, le D lices du c libataire, mouille dans une petite le au sud du Chili . Arrive sur le m me mouillage le San Dominick, un n grier espagnol en piteux tat, command par le jeune Benito Cereno, pas plus vaillant... Read Full Overview

"Benito Cereno" contains some of Herman Melville's most vivid action writing, though the action is all suspense and premonition until the climax. Why this story hasn't been more widely acclaimed remains a mystery, as it captures the imagination of a 'young reader' in a tighter... Read Full Overview

"Melville was a born romancer. One cannot account for the success of his early romances by saying that in the Great South Sea he had found and worked a new field for romance, since evidently it was not his experience in the South Sea that had led him to romance, but the irresistible... Read Full Overview

Corr a el a o 1799, cuando el capit n Amasa Delano, de Duxbury (Massachusetts), al mando de un gran velero mercante, ancl con un valioso cargamento en la ensenada de Santa Mar a, una isla peque a, desierta y deshabitada.

Captain Delano is approached on the open sea by a battered-looking ship lead by Captain Benito Cereno. Cereno, always accompanied by his personal slave Babo, explains that his crew was transporting a group of slaves from Africa when their ship was caught and damaged in severe... Read Full Overview

Captain Delano is approached on the open sea by a battered-looking ship lead by Captain Benito Cereno. Cereno, always accompanied by his personal slave Babo, explains that his crew was transporting a group of slaves from Africa when their ship was caught and damaged in severe... Read Full Overview