Herman Melville
With its intense mix of mystery, adventure, and a surprise ending, Benito Cereno at first seems merely a provocative example from the genre Herman Melville created with his early bestselling novels of the sea. However, most Melville scholars consider it his most sophisticated work, and many, such as novelist Ralph Ellison, have hailed it as the most piercing look at slavery in all of American literature.
Based on a real life incident—the
...7) Billy Budd
Billy Budd, an orphaned, illegitimate child suffused with innocence, openness, and natural charisma, has been impressed into service aboard the HMS Bellipotent. He is adored by the crew but for unexplained reasons arouses the antagonism of the ship's master-at-arms, John Claggart, who falsely accuses Billy of conspiracy to mutiny. Set in 1797, Billy Budd exploits the tension of this period during the war between England and France to create a tale
...8) Moby Dick
Moby Dick es un libro inolvidable que forma parte del imaginario colectivo de varias generaciones de adolescentes y adultos de todo el mundo. Un libro único, épico, grandioso, una lectura sublime de la cual podemos extraer mil y una reflexiones, así como varias capas de interpretación, ya que nos encontramos ante una obra que no es una mera historia...
