Benito Cereno
Edward J. O'Brien called this epic sea adventure, "the noblest short story in American literature." The balance of forces is complete, the light cast upon the hero intense to the highest degree, the realization of the human soul profound, and the telling of the story orchestrated like a great...
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Edward J. O'Brien called this epic sea adventure, "the noblest short story in American literature." The balance of forces is complete, the light cast upon the hero intense to the highest degree, the realization of the human soul profound, and the telling of the story orchestrated like a great symphony.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312452421 (031245242X)
Publish date: December 19th 2006
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Read For School,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
19th Century,
Short Stories
I've read both Moby Dick and Billy Budd, but of the Melville works I've read, it's this novella I find most impressive. There's none of the windy digressions in Moby Dick or the heavy-handed allegory of Billy Budd or The Confidence-man here. This is as close as I've found in Melville to taut, subtle...
"Benito Cereno" were never meant to be read only once. However, it took me some multiple reads into this short novel to make sense of the plot as the book need to be absorbed more than its meant to be read. Based on a true story, "Benito Cereno" was narrated by a very gullible unreliable narrator ab...
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2011/08/art-of-novella-challenge-benito-cereno.html
I don't really know what to think of this book.
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