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Benito Cereno

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by Herman Melville (1819-1891)

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.

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Total running time: 3:53:17

Cover design: Kathryn Delaney

Cover art: 19 th century engraving of slaves at the

U.S. Capitol