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EPISODE · Apr 13, 2026 · 44 MIN

The Piazza Tales Chapter 3 - Benito Cereno Part 4

from The Herman Melville Library · host Herman Melville

In which a desperate struggle unfolds aboard the commandeered San Dominick, as its beleaguered captain and a band of determined sailors confront a formidable uprising led by the enslaved, revealing a tangled web of fear, violence, and cunning stratagems beneath the moonlit sky. In which the ensuing legal depositions and weary reflections lay bare the harrowing truths and human frailties entwined in this grim maritime tale, where loyalty and suspicion wrestle with the shadows of revolt.

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