Adventure

Benito Cereno

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  • 1856 first published
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Benito Cereno is an 1856 adventure fiction novel by Herman Melville.

A free LibriVox audiobook (3 h 53 min) is available.

About Benito Cereno

On an island off the coast of Chile, Captain Amaso Delano, sailing an American sealer, sees the San Dominick, a Spanish slave ship, in obvious distress. Capt. Delano boards the San Dominick, providing needed supplies, and tries to learn from her aloof and disturbed captain, Benito Cereno, the story of how this ship came to be where she is. Dealing with racism, the slave trade, madness, the tension between representation and reality, and featuring at least one unreliable narrator, Melville's novella has both captivated and frustrated critics for decades. (Summary by Nullifidian)
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Benito Cereno — LibriVox recording, 3 h 53 min in 14 sections.

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Who wrote Benito Cereno?

Benito Cereno was written by Herman Melville and first published in 1856.

What genre is Benito Cereno?

It is usually shelved as Adventure.

Is there a free audiobook of Benito Cereno?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 3 h 53 min.

What books are similar to Benito Cereno?

Readers who like it often enjoy Little Women, Les trois Mousquetaires and Dracula.

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